Public Interest Research Group in Michigan
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Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) is a non-profit organization that is part of the state PIRG organizations.
PIRGIM has a history of working on a variety of issues, such as cleaning Michigan's waterways,{{Cite web |url=http://www.frontiergroup.org/sites/default/files/reports/MI-Waterways-At-Risk-text.pdf |title=Michigan waterways At Risk |access-date=August 26, 2013}} toy safety,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OfbAAAAMAAJ |title=Toy Safety in Michigan |access-date=August 26, 2013|last1=Garbukas |first1=Cheryl |last2=Tuchinsky |first2=Joseph S. |year=1973 }} and chemical safety.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecocenter.org/press-release/2004/widely-used-flame-retardants-break-down-banned-chemicals-threaten-health |title=Widely Used Flame Retardants Break Down Into Banned Chemicals and Threaten Health |access-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130826130158/http://www.ecocenter.org/press-release/2004/widely-used-flame-retardants-break-down-banned-chemicals-threaten-health |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
History
The PIRGs emerged in the early 1970s on U.S. college campuses. The PIRG model was proposed in the book Action for a Change by Ralph Nader and Donald Ross.{{Cite book |last1=Nader |first1=Ralph |url=https://archive.org/details/actionforchanges00naderich |title=Action for a Change: A Student's Manual for Public Interest Organizing |last2=Donald Ross |publisher=Grossman Publishers |year=1972 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}
Among other early accomplishments, the PIRGs were responsible for much of the Container Container Deposit Legislation in the United States, also known as "bottle bills."{{Cite web |url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19750922.2.30 |title=PIRG Backs "Bottle Bill" |publisher=Boston College |access-date=2013-08-23}}{{Cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-11-08/news/9102150529_1_bottle-bill-beverage-containers-industry-recycling-program |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223130/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-11-08/news/9102150529_1_bottle-bill-beverage-containers-industry-recycling-program |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |title=Bottle Bill Beverage Containers Recycling Program |website=Sun Sentinel |access-date=2013-08-23}}
Notable members and alumni
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- Phil Radford{{Cite web |url=http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/alumni/profiles/phillip-d.-radford |title=Philip D. Radford, Greenpeace, Executive Director |publisher=Fund for the Public Interest |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601223141/http://fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/alumni/profiles/phillip-d.-radford |archive-date=2013-06-01 |access-date=2013-07-19}}
Affiliate organizations
- The Fund for Public Interest Research
- Environment Michigan
References
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External links
- [http://www.uspirg.org/ U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)]
- [http://www.studentpirgs.org/ The Student PIRGs]
- [http://www.publicinterestnetwork.org/ The Public Interest Network]
{{People associated with Public Interest Research Group |state=expanded}}
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Michigan
Category:Public Interest Research Groups