Organic Lawn And Garden Care: What A Mistake!

Organic Lawn And Garden Care: What A Mistake!

Just in the same way as tobacco was considered safe in the 1950's, pesticides and chemical fertilizers are advertised as being secure today. The supreme is they are toxic for our environment. Manufactures are selling us a balance of goods or, to be more accurate, a checking account of bads. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been joined to contamination of drinking water and to terrible health risks to children, adults and animals.

It is a myth that chemicals are essential to go to lovely gardens. There were beautiful gardens long since chemical fertilizers and pesticides came into wide use after World war II. Especially difficult hitting is the myth they are needed for lawns and roses. Our gardens have been clear of chemicals and pesticides for 20 years and it grows lushly and naturally from a few inches of compost improve on the gardens yearly.

Organic Lawn And Garden Care: What A Mistake!

Nitrogen from chemical fertilizes leaches into our aquifer and runs into the bay. As a result, algae grows out of control, eventually stripping oxygen from the water which fish and additional aquatic enthusiasm need. Dead zones have already begun to appear, notably in the gulf of Mexico, which is fed by nitrogen-rich water from the Mississippi river.

Canada banned the "cosmetic" use of pesticides in 96 municipalities, including Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. The Connecticut permit legislature recently passed a explanation that bans the use of pesticides on the grounds of primary schools. Connecticut is vigorous to extend it further. It is a difficult battle next to the big money of the chemical companies.

Modeled on a tactic of the tobacco companies, chemical companies have pushed through laws in 40 states specifying that no township or municipality can execute pesticide regulations stricter than those of the let pass as a whole. We cannot ban chemicals and pesticides from use on Long Island where I live. It would endure a statewide law. We can only urge residents not to use chemicals and pesticides.

Pesticide Facts from tone and Human Health, Inc.(EHHI):
*Increased odds of childhood leukemia, brain cancer and soft tissue sarcoma have been united subsequently children blooming in households where pesticides are used.
*Some inert ingredients are suspected carcinogens; others have been linked to central agitated system disorders, liver and kidney damage, birth defects, and some short-term health effects.-Attorney General's Office of other York
* The use of household pesticides has been united next a variety of childhood cancers. Switching to 7th Generation plate washing and laundry soaps and cleaning supplies will prevent more chemicals from draining into our water supplies.
* The use of pesticides often harms wildlife and their habitats. Both dogs and cats are known to eat grass. There have been many cases of pets' deaths from lawn treatments. Commonly used lawn-care chemicals can persist in soil, the air we breathe and water for weeks, which can guide to the contamination of aquatic resources and local wildlife.