Victories in 2000 and 2001 for the Toxic Links Coalition and our Participant Organizations

Victory! IES Incinerators Closed!!

Greenaction and the Community Won a Four-Year Battle Against This Toxic Polluter! Victory for Community Health and Environmental Justice! Read the breaking news about the great victory, the history of the campaign, facts, and press coverage, and the Oakland Tribune Dec. 8, 2001 front page story!

The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously in favor of the Toxic Links Coalition's resolution to declare October "Stop Cancer Where It Starts" month.

Read the final text of the resolution!
Our demonstration in Berkeley urging the Council to pass the resolution was covered in the San Francisco Chronicle.

There was another success in our October 2000 movement: On October 24, The Marin County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution declaring October as "Stop Cancer Where it Starts/
Beyond Breast Cancer Awareness" Month.

Congratulations to Marin Breast Cancer Watch and others for their work in getting another resolution passed!

The Oakland Unified School District has passed an integrated pest management plan, which means that prevention will be the approach to pest problems. For details, read the press release.

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