by Alexis Luckey | Aug 4, 2016 | Blogs, BPA
Originally published on August 4, 2016 on NC Child’s blog By Preston Peck and Tom Vitaglione Toxic Free and NC Child have joined with concerned parents and local health advocates to ask major retailers to stop selling canned foods packaged with toxic bisphenol A...
by Alexis Luckey | Jul 18, 2016 | Blogs, Flame retardants
By Elisa Lazzarino, Toxic Free NC Policy Advocacy Intern The North Carolina General Assembly recently voted to lift a popularly supported and arguably successful ban on e-waste in landfills. The move was harshly criticized by environmentalists in the state, as the...
by Alexis Luckey | Jul 14, 2016 | Farmworkers, NC Pesticide Board Meetings, Neonicotinoids, Pollinators
Board members present: Dr. Colleen Hudak-Wise, Dr. Ricky Langley (Chair), Dr. Thomas Scarborough (Vice-Chair), Shawn Harding, Don Rodgers, Dr. W. Benson Kirkman The July 12, 2016 meeting of the North Carolina Pesticide Board began with a reading of the Mandatory...
by Alexis Luckey | Jun 21, 2016 | Beekeepers, News, Pollinators
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local contact: Preston Peck, 919-833-1123 (O); 256-483-9503 (C), preston@box2219.temp.domains National contact: Tiffany Finck-Haynes, (202) 222-0715, tfinckhaynes@foe.org Communications contact: Kate Colwell, (202) 222-0744, kcolwell@foe.org...
by Alexis Luckey | Jun 13, 2016 | Beekeepers, Blogs, Pollinators
The following is an article written by Toxic Free NC policy intern, Elisa Lazzarino: Published in The Technician on June 11, 2016. Elisa Lazzarino, Guest Columnist Bayer is a chemical giant with a more than century of history, and is responsible for the production of...
