by Alexis Luckey | Nov 30, 2016 | Blogs
By Preston Peck, Policy Advocate, Toxic Free NC Last month, I attended the first “Diálogos Internacionais sobre a Luta Contra os Agrotóxicos” (International Dialogue about the Fight Against Pesticides) in Guarerema, Brazil as one of four delegates from the United...
by Alexis Luckey | Sep 16, 2016 | Blogs
Zika and the insecticides being used to address the threat of spread, are of major concern for us at Toxic Free NC. The organophosphate insecticide widely used in South Florida and responsible for the recent bee kill in South Carolina is also toxic to humans. For...
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 | 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...
by Alexis Luckey | Feb 8, 2016 | Blogs, News
Last week it was announced that Chinese state-run company, ChemChina, would buy Swiss agrochemical company, Syngenta, for $43 billion making it China’s largest outbound acquisition ever. This will also be the world’s largest chemical sector buyout in history and the...
