EPA and the Columbia River Toxics Reduction Working Group have issued a call to action for governments, nonprofits, industries, and citizens to help reduce toxics in the Columbia River basin.

The Columbia River Toxics Reduction Action Plan identifies 61 actions to:

• Increase public understanding and political commitment to toxics reduction in the Columbia River basin.
• Increase toxic reduction actions.
• Conduct monitoring to identify sources and then work to reduce toxic contamination.
• Develop a regional, multi-agency research program.
• Develop a data management system that will allow us to share information on toxics in the basin.

Our success will depend on a commitment to work together. The problems are too large, widespread, and complex to be solved by only one organization or country.

• Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Action Plan (PDF)(20 pp, 432 K, September 2010)