Our Community, Health and Environment Program serves to protect the basics: pure food, clean water, breathable air and healthy communities. We continue this vital work to protect the natural world and the human community in the face of new threats, such as the genetic re-design of life and globalization of pollution. We work closely with grassroots groups, concerned individuals and coalitions to improve the health and environment of their communities. We have organized around four key efforts.

Over 80 percent of commonly used pesticides are carcinogenic. Food corporations like Kraft are putting untested, unlabeled genetically engineered food in their products. We are identifying tax subsidies for pesticides use, helping to protect farm workers and are pushing for labeling and testing of genetically crops.



Unfortunately, our legal system has not caught up with the new genetic technologies. There are no laws or regulations in place, for instance, to prevent human embryos cloned for therapeutic medical research from being used for human reproduction. We are educating policymakers about the consequences of not having strong enough standards for both human and animal cloning. FIND OUT MORE



We are working toward a vision of rebuilding Washington, D.C.'s neighborhoods and communities for long-term economic stability -- accomplishing this by protecting and restoring the Capitol City's urban environment. FIND OUT MORE



New issues are always on the rise, so we must stay on the cutting edge to protect our communities, our health and the environment. For example, when a mystery corn was suspected to be the cause of severe reproductive problems in pigs in Harlan, Iowa, we took action. FIND OUT MORE.