Beyond Pesticides - National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides(NCAMP)

Address: 701 E St. SE, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20003 USA
Contact Name: Feldman, Jay
Phone: (202) 543-5450
Fax: (202) 543-4791
Email: info@beyondpesticides.org
URL: http://www.beyondpesticides.org

Founded: 1981
Members: 1,400
Membership dues: individual, $25 annual; low income, $15 annual; all-volunteer organization, $30 annual; public interest organization, $50 annual; corporate, $100 annual.
Staff: 5
Budget: $400,000

Description: Individuals and consumer, environmental, farming, health, labor, and church organizations concerned with pesticide hazards and safety. Seeks to advance national and international awareness of public health, environmental, and economic problems caused by pesticides; to protect individuals exposed to pesticides. Works to improve legislation, regulation, and enforcement affecting pesticide use and to stress a systematic approach emphasizing preventive public health measures to control pesticides from production through use and disposal. Promotes alternatives to pesticide use such as integrated pest management, which ensures reduced soil and water contamination and lower residues in food. Stresses that these alternatives will reduce environmental damage, ease economic burdens, and improve the general health of the public. Collects and disseminates information and monitors governmental activities.

Publications: Legislative Alerts, periodic. * Pest Control Without Toxic Chemicals. Brochure. PRICE: $2.00. * Pesticide Safety: Myths and Facts. Pamphlet. * Pesticides and You, quarterly. Newsletter. PRICE: included in membership dues. ALTERNATE FORMATS: online. * Poison Poles: Their Toxic Trail and the Safer Alternatives. Report. PRICE: $22.00. * Public Health Mosquito Management Strategy. Article. * Safety at Home: A Guide to the Hazards of Lawn and Garden Pesticides. Report. PRICE: $11.00. * Technical Report, monthly. Provides the most current information on pesticide issues. PRICE: $50.00. * Unnecessary Risks. Report. PRICE: $10.00. * Reports. * Brochures. PRICE: $2.00.

Conventions / Meetings: annual conference and workshop (exhibits) - always March/April, in Washington, DC or California.