Grassroots is a New York-based non-profit organization founded in 2000 with a mission to educate the public about the links between common environmental exposures and human health, and to empower individuals to act as catalysts for change within their own communities.

They believe that the cultivation of broad-based public support through education is the key to bringing about positive and lasting change. Their programs are based on science, and their network of environmental experts includes leaders in the fields of environmental toxicology and medicine from Yale, Columbia, Harvard, Tufts and New York Universities, U.C. Berkeley, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and other similar institutions.

Using modern communication techniques, they strive to educate the public about environmental health issues in communities across the country by developing materials and programs that bridge the gap between scientific research and public understanding.

The work of Grassroots is made possible primarily through generous donations from individual supporters whose lives have been touched by their programs. Additional support has come from the Park Foundation, the Westchester and Long Island Community Foundations, the Rauch Foundation, Whole Foods Markets, the Community Chest of Port Washington and the Flow Fund.

The mission of Grassroots Environmental Education is to inform the public about the health risks of common environmental exposures and to empower individuals to act as catalysts for change in their own communities. They strive to accomplish this using science-driven arguments for clean air, clean water and a safe food supply, and for stricter regulation of chemical toxins. They believe that positive and lasting change is best accomplished through grassroots initiatives.