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The Safer Pest Control Project

Jill Viehweg
Project Coordinator
17 East Monroe, Ste. 212
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 641-5575
Fax: (312) 641-5454

Mission Statement

 
The mission of the Safer Pest Control Project is to reduce pesticide use throughout rural, urban and suburban Illinois and to stimulate and help implement widespread adoption of safer alternatives to routine pesticide use in Illinois.

  • Geographic focus: Illinois, Midwest
  • Membership: four organizations: Business & Professional People for the Public Interest, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund and Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
  • Other organizational activities (not directed specifically toward children): advocacy, education, legal research, technical assistance

    • Children's Environmental Health Activities

    		 
    The Safer Pest Control Project works proactively to reduce pesticide use through integrated pest management (IPM) implementation in Chicago public schools (420,000 children) and Chicago public housing. At Henry Horner Homes - public housing on Chicago's west side - IPM implementation is underway in 1000 units. The plan includes educational components for residents, including a 16-page comic book drawn by a local artist.


    Please note: the information presented above was provided and reviewed for accuracy by The Safer Pest Control Project and was not verified independently by the Children's Environmental Health Network.
    Publication date: 5/5/99
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