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Other views: Reducing emissions isn't enough
Oregonians living through the September 2020 fires know the threat global warming poses; we are on the front lines. We know temperature is rising and rainfall is declining during summer, while snowpack is declining during winter. We know our soils and vegetation are drying through summer and increasing fire risk because we constantly live with that risk. Climate changes impact what grows in our forests, what and how we grow our food, and how we recreate.
Warning: Don't pick the roadside blackberries
In April 2019, we (Non Toxic Southern Oregon) received one year of Jackson County Roads Department pesticide spray records. After digitizing the handwritten records, we discovered the Roads Department sprayed 2,575 gallons of concentrated products of 18 different pesticides, diluted into spray tanks, over that one year.
Guest Opinion: Oregon OSHA reduces a federal pesticide protection standard
By Ray Seidler and Lisa Arkin What if you and your family were exposed 24 times every summer to hazardous pesticides inside your home and the areas where you cook, eat, play and rest, without your consent? This would be unthinkable to most of us. For farmworkers in Oregon this is the law, or it will be if we don’t take action — now.The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration is holding two official public hearings on Worker Protection Standards at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.
Guest Opinion: Mosquito sprays are ineffective and pose health risks
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