Oregon Center for Environmental Health is no longer extant

Dedicated to protecting public health and the environment through community action to eliminate toxic pollutants.

The Oregon Center for Environmental Health is a non-profit, member-based organization that was founded in 1996 by a group of Oregonians who saw the need for a statewide organization dedicated to reducing and eliminating toxic chemicals that are long lasting and build up in living tissues, threatening the health and reproductive viability of humans and wildlife.

Our Mission:

The Center’s goal is to help reduce and eliminate the use and disposal of toxic waste by promoting closed-loop technologies, watch-dogging state agencies, supporting right-to-know legislation and policies at the local and state levels, participating in national campaigns to phase out toxic substances, and working at the grassroots level to help affected communities reduce and eliminate exposures and advocate for safer alternatives.We undertake our mission through grassroots organizing, education, advocacy, litigation and strategic partnerships working together to empower citizens to shift the balance of power away from polluting industries in favor of institutions, practices and laws that are protective of public health and the environment.