Californians for Alternatives to Toxics
315 P Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707-445-5100
fax: 707-445-5151
cats@alternatives2toxics.org
www.alternatives2toxics.org
If you would like to be a CATs member or send a donation, also fill out the following section and type "member" or "donation" in the comments section. Information requests can be sent using this form and publications may also be ordered through this section. CATs' 6X9" metal "Do Not Spray" signs are available for $5.00.
CATs membership is $20 per year
Thank You for helping CATs keep a strong voice for eliminating pesticides and other chemicals that harm health and the environment.
Note about privacy: All information given to CATs is kept strictly confidential and will not be shared with anyone.
Publications Available from CATs
Are Our Schools Flunking Out? A Mid-Term Report Card on Chemical Pest Management
Available for free on the web by clicking here
The Poisoning of Public Thoroughfares: How Herbicides Blight California's Roads
The focus of this report is the widespread use of toxic chemical herbicides by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the 58 counties in California that maintain public roads. 38 pages. $14
Time for a Change: Pesticides & Wine Grapes in Sonoma & Napa Counties, California CATs reveals how people and the environment are at risk from deadly pesticides used by growers in California's premiere wine country, and that alternatives are available. 42 pages. $7
Importing Trouble: High Stakes Gambling with American Forests, a collection Destructive forest pests hitchhiking on wood imports and pesticide use to combat pest invasions is described in a collection of articles and documents. 50 pages. $9
Pesticide Exposures: Symptoms, First Aid, Legal Aspects, Laboratories, Resources Written by health care professionals for victims of pesticide exposure; an invaluable aide. 8-page pamphlet. $2 each or 5 for $8
Acorns, Salmon, Bear Grass and Pesticides: A Conflict of Culture and Technology A collection of papers and articles relating to the effects of forestry herbicide spraying on the cultural activities of Native Californians. 22 pages. $5
A View of Roadside Vegetation Management by the California Department of Transportation Published before spraying was halted in District 1. 11 pages. $4
Flowers and Pesticides in the Arcata Bottoms The 1995 report that kicked-off CATs' successful campaign to stop the use of methyl bromide at a flower farm. 20 pages. $5