Grow Safe: Non-Toxic Missoula
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We believe outdoor spaces should be cared for in a way that does no harm to human, animal, or environmental health and, therefore, advocate for the reduction of toxic pesticide use. https://www.growsafemissoula.org/
It’s all connected. 🌎
The City is working to address stormwater runoff to protect our sole-source aquifer. And what we do on the land directly impacts our water.
Land care practices that rely on synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are a part of this problem.
missoulacurrent.com/city-of-miss...
The City is working to address stormwater runoff to protect our sole-source aquifer. And what we do on the land directly impacts our water.
Land care practices that rely on synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are a part of this problem.
missoulacurrent.com/city-of-miss...
City of Missoula looks to address runoff, protect aquifer
The city's runoff isn't treated at the Wastewater Treatment Plant but instead is fed into area rivers, or injected in dry wells, which could threaten the aquifer.
missoulacurrent.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It’s all connected. 🌎
The City is working to address stormwater runoff to protect our sole-source aquifer. And what we do on the land directly impacts our water.
Land care practices that rely on synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are a part of this problem.
missoulacurrent.com/city-of-miss...
The City is working to address stormwater runoff to protect our sole-source aquifer. And what we do on the land directly impacts our water.
Land care practices that rely on synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are a part of this problem.
missoulacurrent.com/city-of-miss...
Check out this powerful piece from Families for a Livable Climate's Montana Climate Stories, exploring toxic pesticides and their alarming role in the sixth mass extinction.
#GrowSafe #HealthyFuture #ProtectOurPlanet #MontanaClimateStories
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#GrowSafe #HealthyFuture #ProtectOurPlanet #MontanaClimateStories
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Toxic Pesticides & Their Role in the Sixth Mass Extinction — Montana Climate Stories
By: Lauris Reintjes Species are going extinct 100, 1,000, some estimate 10,000 times faster than they should. This spike in the background extinction rate is called the Sixth Mass Extinction and is threatening every species on Earth, even those driving it. Lauris Reintjes, a high school student in
www.mtclimatestories.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Check out this powerful piece from Families for a Livable Climate's Montana Climate Stories, exploring toxic pesticides and their alarming role in the sixth mass extinction.
#GrowSafe #HealthyFuture #ProtectOurPlanet #MontanaClimateStories
www.mtclimatestories.org/words-images...
#GrowSafe #HealthyFuture #ProtectOurPlanet #MontanaClimateStories
www.mtclimatestories.org/words-images...
A new study links pesticides like those applied in Trimec (2,4-D, dicamba, mecoprop-p) to childhood cancer. Yet, Missoula still sprays them where our children play. Tell Missoula City we want an organic land care policy NOW!
👉 Call City Council (406-552-6012)!
#SafeParksForKids #BanToxicPesticides
👉 Call City Council (406-552-6012)!
#SafeParksForKids #BanToxicPesticides
Exposure to combination of pesticides increases childhood cancer risk – study
Study on cancer data in US agricultural heartland finds children more at risk than if exposed to just one pesticide
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A new study links pesticides like those applied in Trimec (2,4-D, dicamba, mecoprop-p) to childhood cancer. Yet, Missoula still sprays them where our children play. Tell Missoula City we want an organic land care policy NOW!
👉 Call City Council (406-552-6012)!
#SafeParksForKids #BanToxicPesticides
👉 Call City Council (406-552-6012)!
#SafeParksForKids #BanToxicPesticides
Contact your MT Representative and ask them to vote NO on HB522. This bill would protect pesticide manufacturers when their product harms public health. Pesticides harm pollinators and humans.
HB 522 would provide insurmountable immunity to pesticide manufacturers when they cause harm.
HB 522 would provide insurmountable immunity to pesticide manufacturers when they cause harm.
2025 Action Center & Bill Tracker - Montana Environmental Information Center - MEIC
Easily take actions like contacting your representatives and committees, sending a letter to the editor, and sharing with friends and family. Legislature Links: Call to leave a message for legislator...
meic.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Contact your MT Representative and ask them to vote NO on HB522. This bill would protect pesticide manufacturers when their product harms public health. Pesticides harm pollinators and humans.
HB 522 would provide insurmountable immunity to pesticide manufacturers when they cause harm.
HB 522 would provide insurmountable immunity to pesticide manufacturers when they cause harm.
Songbird chicks are being killed by high levels of pesticides in the pet fur used by their parents to line their nests.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments
Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Songbird chicks are being killed by high levels of pesticides in the pet fur used by their parents to line their nests.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine shares dangers of synthetic chemicals, including pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and plastics.
“The evidence is so overwhelming and the effects of manufactured chemicals are so disruptive for children, that inaction is no longer an option”
“The evidence is so overwhelming and the effects of manufactured chemicals are so disruptive for children, that inaction is no longer an option”
Scientists issue "call to arms" to protect children's health from chemicals causing disease
By Carey Gillam Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research links to chemical exposures, findings that require urgent revamping of laws around the world, accordin...
www.thenewlede.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine shares dangers of synthetic chemicals, including pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and plastics.
“The evidence is so overwhelming and the effects of manufactured chemicals are so disruptive for children, that inaction is no longer an option”
“The evidence is so overwhelming and the effects of manufactured chemicals are so disruptive for children, that inaction is no longer an option”