Safer Lawn Care this Spring: Why and How
Safe Yards Montclair offers events and advice for reducing our exposure to toxins
We all have an opportunity to play a role in reducing exposure to toxins in our community—starting with our yards this spring. In American culture, a beautiful lawn has traditionally been synonymous with a beautiful home. And to keep lawns looking lush, professionals and homeowners have tended to rely on chemical pesticides and fertilizers. But people are catching on that these chemicals are not needed to maintain a green, inviting yard and that their use can come at a heavy price to public health, water quality and the environment. Here is some information on this heavy price. Public Health: You see, there is growing evidence linking exposure to pesticides with serious health problems (cancer, disruption to nervous, immune, hormonal …
Carr
9:14 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Excellent article! Really good info and so well written. As someone who was actually poisoned by a "routine" pesticide overexposure at my office, I can tell you that the line between "safe" and "unsafe" when it comes to synthetic pesticides is razor thin. Keep in mind that the current testing burden for all of these chemicals is on the companies shilling them. Can we say "conflict of interest?" … more ›