In 2025, we celebrated a huge milestone: 25 years of Beyond Toxics! Originally Oregon Toxics Alliance, the organization was founded by a dedicated group of activists that successfully passed the Eugene Toxics Right-to-Know law in 1996. The idea was simple: community members have a right to be informed of what hazardous substances are impacting the environment around them, and that the information needs to be publicly accessible.

Decades later, we still operate on the principle that everyone deserves to know what and how toxic chemicals may be affecting their health, livelihood, and the environment we all share, regardless of background. We believe that frontline communities, those most heavily affected by environmental racism or climate change, have every right to be at the decision-making table for issues that impact them directly. Just like we’ve done for 25 years.

Together, we create lasting change by partnering with people impacted by pollution, climate change, and environmental injustice through grassroots organizing, education, outreach, policy reform and coalition building. With your critical support, we can continue to respond to our urgent EJ challenges.