Alternatives Newsletters
Alternatives Newsletters
Click on the issue dates below to open a PDF file of each newsletter.
2009 Legislative Agenda on BPA; Goodbye Dr. Dust; Organic Milk and WIC; Farmer Profile: Badger Mountain Vineyards; Auction for Action Recap; Staff News
(2.4 MB PDF file)
Children's Safe Products Act; Safe Start for Kids; IPM-opedia; Phthalates Study; 2007 Donors; Planned Giving; Board Election; Staff News
(2 MB PDF file)
WTC Launches No More Toxic Toys Campaign; With Your Help, We Can Get Pesticides Out of Our Schools; Peeved Parents Posse; Auction for Action 2007, Another Successful Auction; Home Safe Home, Twenty Years of Home Safe Home Columns; New WTC Staff
(3.5 MB PDF file)
Legislative Victories: Ban on Toxic Flame Retardants, and New Funding for WSU Organic Agriculture Program; A Special Bill Signing (Flame Retardant Ban); X-Ray Gun Finds Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Items; Book Review: Exposure Analysis, Edited by Wayne Ott, Anne Steinemann, and Lance Wallace; "PBDE Free Photo Campaign" (many photos from supporters); A Double-Edged Brush with Fluoride; Q&A: Rev. Ann Holmes Redding - Understanding How to Act Together Against Pollution in Our Bodies. (682kb PDF file)
2007 Legislative Session Off to a Fast Start; Europe Leads the Way for Progress Here; Poisons in the Wind - Farm Worker Community Members Test the Air for Chlorpyrifos; Donor, Volunteer, Intern, and Foundation Supporters Recognition for 2006; Plastic Water Bottles - Portability Over Potability?; To Save Puget Sound We Must Eliminate Toxic Chemicals Now (op-ed); WTC Loses Two Staff Members. (1mb PDF file)
25th Anniversary Auction for Action a Huge Success (includes many photos); 25 Years of Success and Beyond; Victory: Judge Strikes Down Bush Administration Pesticide Rules for Endangered Species; Help Us Eliminate Toxic Flame Retardants; Looking Back: Roadside Spraying - The Never-Ending Story?; Looking Back: Dumping on Farmers - WTC and the Shocking Story of Toxic Waste in Fertilizer; Thanks to Donors, Volunteers, and Auction Sponsors; Sometimes Nitpicking is a Good Thing (Lice prevention and control); Healthy Olympia Taskforce - Winners of the Toxics Prevention Leadership Award. (1mb PDF file)
Walking, Talking, Toxic Chemicals? New Study Finds Chemicals in Our Bodies, Prompts Call for Change; Organics Near the Tipping Point; WSU Establishes Major in Organic Agriculture; Widely Used Toxic Flame Retardants Banned in Televisions and Computers Sold in Europe; Celebrating 25 Years - Moving Washington Closer to a Toxic-Free Legacy; Celebrating 25 Years - A History of Making Consumer Products Safer; Pesticide Free Zone Project Makes Strides in Local Landscapes; WTC's First Down-Home Backyard Barbecue; Op-Ed - Pollution in People: The System is Broken. (1.2mb PDF file)
Legislature Supports Organic Agriculture, Ignores Children's Health; Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Clean Up Puget Sound; Healthy Communities Resolution Adopted in Olympia; New Seattle Law to Protect Streams from Pesticides; WTC Takes Legal Action to Protect Lakes from Pesticides; Healthy Schools, Healthy Kids - 15 Years of Reducing Pesticide Use in Schools; WTC's Early Work: Stopping the Use of Pesticides in Forests; Donor Recognition; Op-Ed - Speak Out for School Safety; Survey Says: Protect Public Health and the Environment from Toxic Pollution. (960kb PDF file)
WTC's Priorities for the 2006 Legislative Session; 25 Years Protecting Health and Environment; WTC Gets the Lead Out of Lunchboxes; Supreme Count Rules that No-Spray Buffers Stay in Place; Donor and Volunteer Recognition; New Home Safe Home Fact Sheet Anniversary Book; Washington State Nurses Association Joins the Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition. (807kb PDF file)
Seattle Schools Adopt Strong Pesticide Reduction Policy; Community Leaders Seek Answers on Chemicals in their Bodies; WTC Gets Action Against Polluting Dentists; New Rules Proposed on Pesticide Drift near Schools; Auction for Action 2005 a Success (many photos). (1.1mb PDF file)
Washington Lakes Get a Break from Pesticides; WTC Joins the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics; Appeals Court Upholds Buffers and Warnings to Protect Salmon; Toxic Tradeoff -- Diazinon Ban Sends Homeowners Looking for Other Insecticides; Get a Free Pesticide Free Zone Sign; Welcome, Julie Johnson (Intern); Where Have All the Crane Flies Gone?; Climb Against the Odds (Mt. Rainier climb to fight cancer). (944kb PDF file)
Washington Legislature Gets Mixed Reviews on Environmental Health in 2005; Washington Toxics Coalition Joins National Pesticide-Free Lawn Campaign; Home is Where the Harm Is -- Chemical Culprits Found in Common Household Products; Welcome to Kristin Tremoulet; Welcome to Ivy Sager-Rosenthal; Summer Interns Join WTC Staff; Organic Vegetable Gardening is for Everyone! Opinions, Tips, and Tirades; Growers of Organic Fruit Need a Boost from Research (editorial); Board Election Results. (834kb PDF file)
WTC Sets Ambitious Legislative Agenda for 2005; New WTC Resources; One Step Forward, One Step Back for Organic and Sustainable Farming at WSU: Seattle Schools to Review Pesticide Use and Policies; Citizen's Lobby Day in Olympia; Remembrance: Mary Beth Doyle; Special Thanks to 2005 Donors, Foundations, and Volunteers; Home Safe Home: Antimicrobials and Great Nasal Battles; Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition Welcomes Pam Tazioli to the Breast Cancer Fund in Washington; Welcome Lillian Phoenix Small; Hot Topics for the Hotline in 2004; Farewell Tanya Barnett. (804kb PDF file)
Coalition Fights Bush Administration Attack on Pesticide Rights; WTC Sues to Protect Clean Water; State Considering New Controls on Pesticide Drift; Washington State Unveils Plan to Phase Out Toxic Flame Retardants; Auction for Action 2004 Wrap-up and Thanks; Home Safe Home article: Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products; Point of View: For Safe Breast Milk, Clean Up the Environment; Updated Information on Pesticide Use in Schools in now Available; New Fact Sheet on Plant Diseases. (924kb PDF file)
Bush Administration Attacks Two Critical Global Chemicals Policies Designed to Protect Health; Many U.S. Residents Carry Toxic Pesticides Above "Safe" Levels; Appeals Court Keeps No-Spray Buffers for Salmon in Place; WSU Develops Agriculture Funding Initiative for 2005; Toxics Flame Retardants Widespread in House Dust; Activist Profile: Jean MacGregor; Welcome Our Six Summer Interns; Weed Control in My Garden: The Importance of Being Earnest (and Diligent); Existing Systems Do Not Protect Us (op-ed); WTC Receives Prestigious Grant from Washington Women's Foundation; Welcome New Board Members. (860kb PDF file)
Legislature Supports Phaseout of Persistent Toxic Chemicals; Bush Administration Takes Aim at Endangered Species Protections from Harmful Pesticides; Poisoned Playgrounds - Survey Finds Widespread Use of Hazardous Pesticides in Washington Public Schools; Building Markets for Preferable Products; Creative Ways to Support WTC; Save the Date for 2004 Auction for Action; All Hands Off the Deck - Preventing Exposure to Arsenic from Treated Wood; Motherhood, Breastfeeding, and Citizen Activism (op-ed); Welcome to Maria Mergel. (340 kb PDF file)
Court Stops Pesticides Spraying Along Salmon Streams; Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop EPA from Using Insider Chemical Group to Forge Policy; Hanford Initiative Likely on November Ballot; Department of Ecology Amends State Incinerator Rule but Continues Dirty, Obsolete Practice of Incineration; Thanks to our Donors, Volunteers, and Foundation Supporters; Quilting Class to Benefit WTC; Home Safe Home: Taking Charge of our Home Environment; Keeping Children Safe from Toxics (op-ed); Toxics Hotline Fields Questions about Pesticides and More; Welcome to Courtney Schenk. (248kb PDF file)
Toxic Flame Retardants Widely Found in Breast Milk; Farm-to Cafeteria: Supporting Local Farmers, Serving Fresh Food; School Pesticide Notification: Be In the Know; City of Snohomish Moratorium on Pesticide Use; Green Gardening IPM Workshop a Success; Victory! King County Will No Longer Ship Contaminated Sediments to Commencement Bay; Auction for Action is a Smashing Success; Personal
Pollution Story: Digging for a New Life; Environmental Community Priorities and Cooperation: A Blueprint for Success (op-ed); Volunteer Profile: Don Ross; Thanks to Our Volunteers. (592kb PDF file)
Carbaryl Use in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor to End; Strongest City Pesticides Use Policy in State Adopted on Bainbridge Island; City of Seattle Fails to Meet Pesticide Reduction Goals; Court Will Restrict Water-Polluting Pesticides to Protect Salmon; Legislature Fails to Protect Public Health From Toxic Pollution (Budget Cuts); Proposed Rule Changes would Encourage Solid-Waste Incineration; Betting the Farm: A Small-Grower's Story (profile of Art Biggert); Killing with Kindness: Removing a Lawn without Herbicides; Vote to get Pesticides out of Streams (op-ed); Volunteer Profile: Joanna Smither; Sibyl Diver Joins Toxic-Free Legacy Campaign. (369kb PDF file)
WTC Wins Big Victory to Reduce Mercury Pollution; Victory! King County Board of Health Unanimously Passes Mercury Thermometer Sales Ban; West Nile Virus: A Primer; Poison in the Water: Aquatic Herbicide Applications in Washington; State Roadside Spraying Continues: WSDOT's First Response; Whidbey Island's Prophet of Creosote (profile of Tony Frantz); Welcome to the Pesticide Free Zone. (456kb PDF file)
Sprayed to Death - Roadside Herbicide Use in Washington; Thurston County Proves Pesticide Reduction Works in the Long Haul; State Fails to Protect Consumers from Mercury-Contaminated Fish; Toxic-Free Legacy Campaign Receives a Major Boost; Mercury Going Down; WTC Joins Other Environmental and Fishing Groups to Seek Court Action to Limit Pesticide Pollution; Thanks to Volunteers and Members in 2002; Home Safe Home: Bad Combinations - Multi-Purpose Pesticides Encourage Unnecessary Use; Be Quick to End Mercury Pollution (op-ed). (236kb PDF file)
