midwest pesticide action center

Midwest Pesticide Action Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides and promoting safer alternatives. Midwest Pesticide Action Center focuses its work on children and low-income communities, as they are critically vulnerable and disproportionately exposed to these toxic chemicals. Midwest Pesticide Action Center engages and empowers the communities we serve through a variety of strategies that include: outreach, advocacy, coalition building, technical assistance, legislative campaigns, and model programs and policies. Established in 1994 by a coalition of four environmental groups the Sierra Club, Illinois Environmental Council, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest MPAC has been recognized with a Governors Pollution Prevention Award, a U.S. EPA Childrens Environmental Health Award, and a U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Award.