WATCH SENATE COMMITTEE WORK SESSION ON PESTICIDES
More info about chemical spraying in Skykomish Valley
A work session titled “DNR use of pesticides and herbicides on DNR-managed lands” took place on 1-20-2016 at the Senate Natural Resources and Parks Committee in Olympia, WA. Our local Senator Kirk Pearson is the Chair of the Committee.
President, SVENA (Skykomish Valley Environmental & Economic Alliance)

President of SVENA Inessa Pearce and Professor Richard Fenske testifying at the workshop
Masters Degree in Chemical Technologies Engineering
Professional experience at Boeing and Siemens Medical
Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UW
Director, Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Chair 2008-2009, Committee on Review the Health Effects of Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine
Member 2006-2009, EPA, Human Studies Review Board
Co-Chair 2010-2012, Technical Advisory Group on Climate Change, Human Health and Security, Washington State
Affiliations: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Credentials: PhD, Environmental Health, University of California (Berkeley), 1984