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Oregon Legislators Working to Introduce Herbicide Spray Policy

Lisa ArkinOctober 30, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals

8 things you should know about helicopter spraying of weed killers on Oregon timberlands

Lisa ArkinOctober 27, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Toxic Chemicals

Legislation In Works For Oregon Herbicide Spraying

Lisa ArkinOctober 27, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Water Quality

In Oregon, helicopters spray weed killers near people under West Coast’s weakest protections

Lisa ArkinOctober 23, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Toxic Chemicals

Herbicides at Triangle Lake

Lisa ArkinOctober 22, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Toxic Chemicals, Water Quality

GUEST VIEWPOINT: Toxic legacy of herbicide exposure

Lisa ArkinOctober 22, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Toxic Chemicals

Oregon agencies blew off complaints, red flags before helicopter sprayed weed killers on residents

Lisa ArkinOctober 21, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Issues, Forestry Pesticide Reform

Oregon Lawmakers Consider Stronger Oversight Of Aerial Herbicide Spraying

Lisa ArkinSeptember 17, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Issues, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals

New Oregon Forestry Tool Excites Agency But Pesticide Watchdogs Are Disappointed

Lisa ArkinSeptember 17, 2014Forestry Issues, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Toxic Chemicals

Oregon Residents Challenge the State “Right-to-Farm” Law

Lisa ArkinSeptember 9, 2014Environmental Justice, Forestry Pesticide Reform, Toxic Chemicals, Water Quality

Posted by REBEKAH WILCE on September 08, 2014 Oregon Residents Challenge the State "Right-to-Farm" Law Pesticide applicator's helicopter A group of residents of the Cedar Valley area near Gold Beach in Curry County, Oregon say their properties were doused with pesticides by a helicopter aiming for privately-owned timberlands last October. In what has been called a "severe sanction,"…