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Beyond Pesticides

@beyondpesticides.org
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Protecting health and environment from toxic pesticides through science, policy, and action; promoting organic: www.beyondpesticides.org We have transitioned to Bluesky from X as of March 2025—post history: x.com/ByondPesticides

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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 26/09/2026
🚨 Last chance! Keep #organic strong by voicing a position on priority issues — including #Carrageenan, #Coppersulfate, #List3inerts, & #Ivermectin — to the National Organic Standards Board for the upcoming meeting! #NOSB Comments due by 11:59 pm ET on Oct 1! 📣 Take Action: ow.ly/qAE850ZREHT
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 11/09/2026
A review of #environmental #pollutants featured in Antioxidants analyzes how different compounds, including #pesticides, amplify #oxidativestress, an imbalance between production of reactive oxygen species and the body’s ability to detoxify them. #ros #health ➡️ Daily News: ow.ly/3ZV650ZMC96
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 09/09/2026
What may seem to be #conflicting findings on adverse effects of #pesticide #exposure are often a function of #evaluations that test for different exposure patterns, asking different questions, using various biomarkers, & evaluating unique pathways. #analysis ➡️ Daily News: ow.ly/JVzV50ZLz0x
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 22/08/2026
Tell your U.S. Representative and Senators to cosponsor the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act—H.R. 9681 and S. 5104. One of the contributors to the high cost of #food is the cost of inputs for #farmers, who spend up to 25% of their operating budgets on #seeds. 📣 Take Action: ow.ly/43zf50ZCIvI
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 19/08/2026
Widespread threat of #pesticides as drivers of microbial resistance to #antimicrobials and #antibiotics continues. Persistent pesticide use disrupts microbial ecosystems and promotes #antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multidrug resistance (MDR). ➡️ Daily News: ow.ly/zJAG50ZBv2u
Widespread Threat of Pesticides as Drivers of Microbial Resistance to Antimicrobials and Antibiotics Continues
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 26/06/2026
🪰 For more freaky #pollinators & plants that attract them, from #hoverflies to polyphemus #moths and ruby-throated #hummingbirds, please see our #PollinatorWeek page featuring activities, actions and more! #funfacts ✨➡️🔗 ow.ly/f2F850ZfZLO
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 26/06/2026
Since 2006, honey #bees and other #pollinators have experienced ongoing and rapid population declines. This #crisis threatens the stability of #ecosystems, economies, and food supply! What can we do? Learn more! #USDA #SpreadtheBuzz #PollinatorWeek #BeeLab #TakeAction 🐝 🔗 ow.ly/t4RA50ZhBrz
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 23/06/2026
🪲 Freaky #Pollinators & Plants That Attract Them! #Beetles have been pollinating plants for 100+ million years! #Magnoliabeetles are attracted to Southern Magnolia & Sweetbay Magnolia. ✨ Fun Fact: Magnolias are so ancient that they evolved before #bees!✅ #PollinatorWeek: ow.ly/QHQT50Zg0OF
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 23/06/2026
As Doug Tallamy, PhD, from the University of Delaware says: "Welcome bugs into your yard. You might just #savetheworld." 🐝 #Pollionators are vital members of land #ecosystems; therefore, cultivating an #organic #safehaven plays a critical role. #OurFuture #PollinatorWeek 🦋🔗 ow.ly/y9RL50ZfWr9
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 22/06/2026
🦇 Freaky #Pollinators & Plants That Attract Them! The Lesser Long-Nosed #Bat is attracted to agave, saguaro, and organ pipe cacti. They are found in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. ✨ Fun Fact: Their tongues are nearly as long as their bodies! ✅ #PollinatorWeek: ow.ly/3lOB50Zfl2F
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 22/06/2026
🦋 Happy #NationalPollinatorWeek 2026! In recognition of the importance of #pollinators and #biodiversity to a healthy environment and healthy people, Beyond Pesticides announces a week of activities and actions! #pollinatorweek #lifeonaleaf #bloomtobuzz #organic 🐝🔗 ow.ly/AvxQ50ZfjlP
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 19/05/2026
🌱 Research continues to mount as new study determines that long-term #organic management enhances #soilhealth indicators to a greater degree—from more #microbial #diversity & increased microbial biomass carbon to higher dehydrogenase & alkaline phosphatase activity. ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/Yew650Z1CjJ
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 18/05/2026
Call to ban #organophosphate #insecticides escalates amid inadequate regulatory action. Tell #Congress, #FDA, and #EPA that it is past time to stop the manufacture and use of all organophosphate #pesticides, which damage the nervous system and brain at low levels. ➡️Blog: ow.ly/2Xks50Z1c0q
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 16/05/2026
A new study establishes for the first time the pattern of adverse developmental effects that low-level #organophosphate #pesticide exposure has on healthy neurological and brain development in #children.📣Take Action: ow.ly/plLm50Z0nil
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 15/05/2026
Pesticide contamination moves through the food web, from #aquaticinsects to terrestrial birds and bats. Researchers find increasing threats to both aquatic and terrestrial #foodwebs with insect transmission of #pesticide residues from water to land. #DailyNews Blog: ow.ly/6aJC50Z0hL0
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 14/05/2026
Federal #organic standards as defined by the Organic Foods Production Act are identified as a bedrock threshold program with high minimum standards. The review of #regenerative & regenerative organic labels & enforcement systems must be built on enforceable standards. Blog: ow.ly/qmrQ50YZI2p
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 13/05/2026
A review published in #Toxics finds that #PFAS can heighten the risks to exposed organisms from environmental contaminants. The review highlights #synergistic effects (greater in combination) observed in mixtures, such as PFAS with #pesticides and #microplastics. Blog: ow.ly/l22150YZ5e3
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 12/05/2026
Research published in Microbiological Research finds that #organic #farming enhances microbial diversity in citrus orchard soil systems, both in terms of nutrient cycling and aiding in the development of more complex microbial networks pivotal to biodiversity. ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/12AV50YYlkw
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 22/04/2026
🌎 In time for #EarthDay, BP staff reviews a study of flooding effects on aquatic-terrestrial #pesticide transfer, which finds heightened #risks to #riparian zone #ecosystems as #flooding frequency continues to increase with #climatechange. 🌧️ #runoff #DailyNews ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/zpQj50YNXko
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 17/03/2026
🔎 Fun fact: One of the authors, André Leu, DSc, of @regenerationintl.bsky.social spoke at the first session of @beyondpesticides.org National Forum Series: Forging a Future with Nature in 2023! 🔗 ow.ly/MEbI50YvmnE
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 13/03/2026
In recent years, #USDA / APHIS regulations have loosened restrictions concerning which #GE / #GMO crops can be grown, including allowing #HB4wheat... engineered to be resistant to the toxic #herbicide #glufosinate. 📣 Tell #Congress to #takeaction! 🔗 ow.ly/1TrQ50YtOoG
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 10/03/2026
Please share! Distributed in collaboration with @foeus.bsky.social and a coalition of like-minded orgs, please consider signing a #petition that asks major food processors to #reject the use of #GMO #HB4 #wheat — grown with the highly toxic weed killer #glufosinate. ➡️🔗 ow.ly/XFfU50Ys2oi
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 05/03/2026
🆕 Update — #FarmBill reported out of the #House #AgCommittee early this morning #strips environmental and #publichealth #protections from #pesticides, reversing 90+ years of environmental laws adopted by #Congress to protect #farmers, consumers, and the #environment! ⚠️ #markup 🔗 ➡️ ow.ly/HPy850YpLL7
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 25/02/2026
☀️ #Congrats to state advocates in #WY for #beating back #legislation to shield manufacturers from liability lawsuits, & in #FL to criminalize debate on #pesticide #hazards in food! Now, on to the House to stop #FarmBill attack—markup on March 3! #FailuretoWarn #GagAct ℹ️ www.bp-dc.org/farm-bill-ma...
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 14/02/2026
🍷 This #ValentinesDay, as an alternative to #flowers (unless #organically grown), discover the #organic and #biodynamic wines from #FreyVineyards in Redwood Valley, CA! ✨ Use #promocode BEYOND20 at checkout to enjoy #20%OFF and FREE SHIPPING—supports @beyondpesticides.org! 🍇 ➡️ ow.ly/hqEn50Yfp74
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 02/02/2026
⚠️ Alert courtesy of Portland Protectors—in the midst of ongoing federal threats, the #CityCouncil may #vote TODAY on amendments to weaken Portland’s landmark #organic law, which provides #publichealth protections against cosmetic #pesticide use. #Maine #testify #cityhall #5PM 🗣️➡️ ow.ly/12z750Y7Oq2
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 16/01/2026
⚠️ News alert—The public’s right to sue #chemical manufacturers that do not warn of product #hazards will be up for #review by the U.S. #SupremeCourt later this year, the justices decided today. #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Click here to read a statement from Beyond Pesticides: ow.ly/Rf4P50XYicj
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 16/01/2026
As covered by the Public News Service this morning, a word from Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides: "... companies should be held accountable when consumers are harmed." #FailuretoWarn 🗣️ Click this link to listen to the audio of the interview: ow.ly/iCKJ50XY4Xi
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 06/11/2025
🍻 We are pleased to join @greenamerica.org in calling for major #beer companies to #eliminate #pesticides from their supply chains and support farmers in transitioning to #organic land management practices! 📣 Stay tuned to take action with @beyondpesticides.org this weekend! ✅ ow.ly/MNuH50XnTEO
Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides:

“It is critical that corporations play a leadership role in requiring practices in the production of their agricultural ingredients that eliminate petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers, which contribute to adverse health effects, biodiversity decline, and climate change. With tremendous advances in organic hops and barley production, the beer industry should be at the forefront of ecologically responsible organic farming, that also protects workers in these labor-intensive crops.”
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 05/11/2025
🌍✨ Join us for the next session of the **2025 National Pesticide Forum** on **Dec 4**! The discussion will center on #cancer and other #diseases associated with #pesticide use and exposure. #organicsolution. 🔗 **Register:** ow.ly/U26S50XjbIp 🎧 Oct 29 recording! 🔗 ow.ly/z0hh50Xn4Gc
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 26/09/2025
🍂 Our #FlowInto Fall page is live! Growing flowers and even your own food can be a #transformative experience. Whether you live in the city or the country, have a window pot of herbs, or have a #garden, growing your own food #organically is worth a try. ➡️ ow.ly/H9bZ50X2XUz
🖼️ Banner features an Art page submission by Margaret H. from Orlando, FL: "Fall 2024 Green Mountain, NC."  It is an autumn scene with wind and trees featuring red, orange, and yellow leaves, with text that reads: "Flow Into Fall with Beyond Pesticides!"
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 11/09/2025
A surprise and always welcome visit to @beyondpesticides.org 's office from our friends at @moriverbirdobs.bsky.social! Our deep appreciation to co-founders Ethan Duke and Dana Ripper for your partnership and incredible energy! Our door is always open! #WelcometoDC 💖🌱 Max, Jocelyn, Jeff, and Jay!
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 03/09/2025
We were on Capitol Hill today to deliver a joint statement to Congress, demanding they stop chemical companies from hiding behind weak federal laws and protect the right of Consumers, Farmers, and Workers to hold them accountable. Please stay tuned for ways to take action! 🏛️⚖️⛑️ #stopchemcompanies
From left to right: Daniel Hinkle, Senior Counsel for Policy and State Affairs at American Association of Justice; David Jilbert, founder of Jilbert Winery and a Paraquat-impacted farmer with Parkinson’s Disease; J.W. Glass, EPA Policy Specialist at Center for Biological Diversity; Max Sano, Senior Policy & Coalitions Associate at Beyond Pesticides; and Geoff Horsfield, Policy Director at Environmental Working Group.
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 02/05/2025
⬆️ A commentary posted with permission from the Ecological Landscape Alliance and our gratitude; originally published on April 30. 🌱 For more information, please see today's Daily News and check out our website to explore resources, take action, subscribe, and support our work! 🔗 ow.ly/jm5Y50VM36G
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 25/04/2025
Start a conversation in your community! 🐞 🐝 Be a model and show your neighbors that #PesticideFree living is important for the health of #children, #families, #pets, and the #environment. #saferfuture #pollinators 🖼️ PFZ signs showcased at our organically-managed front yard! 🔗 ow.ly/vyLh50VI5m6
Pesticide free zone sign featuring a ladybug amid purple flowers, organically managed.Pesticide free zone sign featuring a ladybug amid purple and white flowers, organically managed.Pesticide free zone sign featuring a dragonfly amid purple and white flowers, organically managed.QR code featuring the ladybug pesticide free zone sign—link to purchase!
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 22/04/2025
In honor of #EarthDay 🌎🌍🌏 We welcome you to #share a #photo, #drawing, #painting, or #writing of your choice about your garden, favorite bug, favorite flower, etc., for a chance to be featured! Pictures of your #organic yard or local #park are always welcome! 🌱➡️ bp-dc.org/art-page-sub...
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 19/04/2025
📣 LATE BREAKING—Action Needed in North Dakota! Urge Governor Armstrong to #VETO legislation that will shield #pesticide manufacturers while stripping residents of their right to sue for producers' #failuretowarn about the #harm their products can cause, effects like #cancer. ➡️ ow.ly/ZtOv50VEfg6
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 17/04/2025
Just in time for #InternationalBatAppreciationDay! 🦇🦇🦇 We are pleased to announce the release of our new "Benefits of #Bats" webpage, honoring these underappreciated #pollinators and their service to the #ecosystem, including #mosquito management! ➡️ Fun facts, resources, and more! ow.ly/vLuE50VCs5k
Images of bats flying at night, eating fruit, and pollinating! Check out our Benefits of Bats page by clicking on the link!
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 10/03/2025
📣 Take Action in YOUR State! #Pesticide corporations are trying to take away #cancer victims’ ability to hold them accountable for the #harm caused by their products through state legislatures, Congress via #FarmBill, & federal rulemaking. #glyphosate ➡️ ow.ly/naz050VePJK
Failure to warn: Attacks on “failure-to-warn” liability claims are taking place in state legislatures around the country in the wake of extraordinary jury verdicts against Bayer/Monsanto for harm caused by the company’s glyphosate products and the company’s failure to have their case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. 

If passed at the state level, this legislation would deny people who have not been fully warned of the hazards of pesticides the right to sue the manufacturers that have harmed them.

Image of statute of justice and law with books faded in the background.
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 05/03/2025
Breaking Action for #Oregonians TODAY! Help Oregon eliminate all uses of bee-killing #neonics... support HB 2679 with amendments! #SavetheBees 🐝 Beyond Pesticides' testimony ➡️ ow.ly/qzE950VbgZr #TakeAction 📣 ow.ly/mSRS50VbgZy
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 24/12/2024
A heartfelt #thankyou to our donors this year. Without your engagement & incredible #generosity, it would not be possible to lead the transition to a world #free of toxic #pesticides. Your support enables us to move forward with our bold program. ➡️ ow.ly/3oXO50UwnHx
Together we share the Earth—Be part of the organic solution! Silhouettes of people hand in hand, facing a nascent sunrise, in pursuit of a livable future.
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 24/12/2024
🎉 In this context, please see our new "Year in Review" page to learn more about the important work that we are doing! Please consider a gift contribution to Beyond Pesticides as part of your annual giving. From our team, we wish you a healthy & happy #holiday season! ow.ly/e7eg50UwnHF
Enjoy pesticide-free holidays this season and review our "Year In Review page"; image featuring holiday scenes from a snowball fight to a Kwanzaa celebration, holiday meal, gifts and more! Happy Holidays from Beyond Pesticides!
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 10/07/2024
Breaking news! The cities of #Lakewood & #Golden in #CO launch #organic land management demonstration sites at multiple city #parks, following a successful program in #Longmont protecting public health & the environment! #SustainableParks 🌳 Press release: ow.ly/ptIQ50SyOZu
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 20/06/2024
With #pollinators responsible for over 80% of the world's flowering plants, it's no wonder we are fighting to #protect them! 🐞Featuring "Happy Meadow" by Maria from Kissimmee, FL below! 📆 Click below to access our #PollinatorWeek page to take action! 🐝 ow.ly/saxY50Skc1B
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 18/06/2024
Envision #parks & playing fields managed without unnecessary toxic #pesticides, where #children & #pets are safe to run on the grass while #pollinators are protected. This is the #future we are working to achieve. 🦋 #PollinatorWeek #organic #BeAnAdvocate ow.ly/saxY50Skc1B
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 07/06/2024
Please join us today by calling on #NH Governor Chris Sununu to veto House Bill (HB) 1698. allowing the aerial spraying of #pesticides by #drones up to 20 feet without notifying the public! #pollinators 🐝 For more info & to send the governor an email: ow.ly/4uPr50Sc7jG
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 20/05/2024
BEE Protective on #WorldBeeDay! Sharing educational materials to help encourage the adoption of policies & practices that protect #bees from harmful #pesticide applications & create #pesticidefree refuges! How will YOU BEE Protective in YOUR community? 🐝 ow.ly/7Lwb50RNH0b
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 11/05/2024
Urge #NH Governor Sununu to veto HB 1698-FN exempting aerial application of #pesticides using drones from notification processes, exposing #GraniteState families and #pollinators to #poisons hazardous to #health. ow.ly/G5NH50RCljh
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 29/04/2024
The #contamination and #poisoning left behind from wood treatment sites leads to a call for banning after another report criticizing the federal government's inadequate response. #woodpreservatives #environmentaljustice #EPA #creosote #exposure Blog: ow.ly/WRz850RqVns
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 22/04/2024
Reconnecting with our roots this #EarthDay! 🌱Honored to partner with @CorePowerYoga in Adams Morgan as our incredible instructor Kate guided a donation-based #corerestore session for #EarthDay to support our work! Thank you! 🌎 🌅 #organic #voicefortheplanet
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