Information
We maintain a database and reference materials that detail environmental threats and provide information about public health, environmental laws, and regulations.
Accomplishments
The Sooty Six Campaign in Connecticut Six Years Later (2008)
State Toxic Maps and Reports
Toxics in Vermont (2011)
Toxics in Massachusetts (2010)
Toxics in New Hampshire (2008)
Toxics in Rhode Island (2008)
Toxics in Connecticut (2007)
Statistics for Action
More About Statistics for Action
Soil Guide: Digging in the Dirt (2010)
Statistics for Action Activities (2010)
Statistics for Action Workshops (2010)
Solid Waste & Zero Waste
Garbage and Recycling in Massachusetts Fact Sheet (2010)
Putting Waste to Work: Jobs in Vermont's Resource Recovery Sector (2010)
Moving Towards Zero: From Waste Management to Resource Recovery (2007)
Trash or Treasure (2005)
Casella: Coming To A Community Near You? (2005)
Pesticides
Pesticide Regulation in Vermont (2010)
Atrazine Fact Sheet (2010)
Clear As A Lake: A Resource Guide to Invasive Aquatic Plants and Non-Toxic Treatment Alternatives (2008)
Refuse to Use Chemlawn (2005)
Catching the Toxic Drift (2005)
Sludge
Toxic Sludge in Our Communities: Threatening Public Health and Our Farmlands (2001)
Toxic Chemicals
Safe Chemicals, Better for Business (2011)
The Latest Facts on BPA Health and Exposure Report (2010)
The Facts on MBTE (2010)
The Facts on Lead (2010)
Junkyards
Vermont's Guide to Environmental Permitting of Junkyards Report (2010)
Dirty Dozen Awards
25 Years of the Dirty Dozen (2012)
Map of Dirty Dozen Sites (2012)
Dirty Decade Report (2007)
Citizen Guides
A Citizens' Guide to Town Hall Meetings (MA)
Industrial Toxics: How to Learn More About a Business' Toxic Use and Generation (2010)
A Citizens' Guide to the Clean Water Act (2010)
Public Laboratory Open Tools (2013)
25TH ANNIVERSARY
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Does your neighborhood have a pollution problem? Want to make your community more sustainable? Contact us at 617-292-4821 or info@toxicsaction.org.
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Opportunities
We are currently recruiting for the following jobs:
- Community Organizer - Boston, MA and Portland, ME
- State Director - Portland, ME
- Organizing Director - Boston, MA, Montpelier, VT, or Portland, ME
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