Midwest Pesticide Action Center Careers in Chicago, IL

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 Governor’s Pollution Prevention Award, a U.S. EPA Children’s Environmental Health Award, and a U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Award.