Pollution & Toxics - Resources & Links

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Idaho Conservation League

The Idaho Conservation League combines citizen action, public education and professional advocacy to preserve Idaho's natural resources, clean water and air, and vast wilderness.  http://www.wildidaho.org

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Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute

PCEI's focus is to increase citizen involvement in decisions that affect Idaho and eastern Washington's environment and quality of life. It has programs in agriculture, water, education, and transportation. http://www.pcei.org

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Collaborative on Health and the Environment

CHE is a partnership of individuals and organizations working to advance scientific and public knowledge about the links between human health and environmental factors, to compel action to address valid concerns. http://www.healthandenvironment.org

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Health Care Without Harm

This organization's purpose is to transform the health care industry worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment. http://www.noharm.org

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Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

The NCAP works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems. http://www.pesticide.org

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Oregon Center for Environmental Health

A non-profit, member-based organization that was founded in 1996, its mission is to protect public health and the environment by promoting alternatives to use, manufacture, release and disposal of toxic chemicals. http://www.oregon-health.org

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Oregon Toxics Alliance

OTA is a grassroots organization working towards toxics use reduction statewide. Its primary goal is to establish public policy changes in Oregon leading to dramatic reform in toxics use and contamination. http://www.oregontoxics.org

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People for Puget Sound

PPS is a citizens' group working to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits through education and action. Its vision is a clean and healthy Sound, teeming with fish and wildlife, cared for by people who live here. http://pugetsound.org

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Pollution Prevention Resource Center

PPRC is a source of high quality, unbiased pollution prevention information for the US Northwest. PPRC works collaboratively with business, government, and NGOs to promote environmental protection through pollution prevention. http://pprc.org

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Toxic Free Legacy Coalition

TFL is a broad alliance of organizations across Washington state that works to phase out the use of and prevent new sources of persistent toxic chemicals in the environment and our bodies. http://www.toxicfreelegacy.org

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Washington Toxics Coalition

Washington Toxics Coalition protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. WTC promotes alternatives, advocates policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a healthy environment. http://www.watoxics.org

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Women's Voices for the Earth

WVE is a grassroots environmental justice organization. Its mission is to empower women, who historically have had little power in affecting environmental policy, to create an ecologically sustainable and socially just society. http://www.womenandenvironment.org

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Sightline Daily news: Pollution

Sightline Daily is an online news digest that collects the best headlines on economic, environmental, and social issues from over 40 different news sources across the Northwest. The link above connects you to Sightline Daily's pollution headlines. http://daily.sightline.org

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Environmental Working Group

EWG focuses on "environmental investigations" that often generate excellent resources--searchable databases, test results, detailed report findings--informing both policy makers and individuals trying to reduce their exposure to toxics chemicals. http://www.ewg.org/issues/siteindex

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The Right-to-Know Network

Free access to numerous databases and resources on the environment. Identify specific factories and their environmental effects; find permits issued under environmental statutes; and identify civil cases filed. http://www.rtknet.org