by Alexis Luckey | Aug 24, 2018 | Blogs, Farmworkers, News, Pesticides
(Image: Earthjustice) It’s been almost 20 years since an epidemiological study of farmworkers in California began providing staggering evidence of detrimental health impacts for children exposed to organophosphate pesticides in utero. The project, still underway, has...
by Alexis Luckey | Aug 14, 2018 | Blogs, GenX
Today, the EPA will hold a public forum in Fayetteville to discuss GenX and other contaminants that have been found in the Cape Fear River. The EPA’s Regional Administrator, Trey Glenn, stated that this is an opportunity for community members and other stakeholders to...
by Alexis Luckey | Aug 28, 2017 | Blogs, BPA
By Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern The first time I learned about food stamps, I was six years old and starting the first grade in a new state. Our family, having just moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, was gradually becoming accustomed to the...
by Alexis Luckey | Jul 21, 2017 | Blogs, Farmworkers, Indigenous rights
By Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern Just twenty minutes outside of Raleigh, North Carolina is a white house with blue shutters, blue doors. The exterior of the house is composed of an eroding material that seems to eat at itself from the inside out. I...
by Alexis Luckey | Jul 19, 2017 | Blogs, Farmworkers
By Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern In December of 2016, Gina McCarthy—the former administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA—delivered a letter to the current administration of the EPA, petitioning a delay in the...
by Alexis Luckey | Jun 20, 2017 | Beekeepers, Blogs, Pollinators
By Patricia Patterson, Toxic Free NC Policy Advocacy Intern In July of 2015, among growing concern for pollinator populations and the need for growers and beekeepers to communicate more effectively about pesticide application, the North Carolina Department of...
