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CHEMICAL LAWN CARE IS HAZARDOUS TO OUR HEALTH

The Life-threatening  Cost of Cosmetic Lawn Chemicals             We recently received a brochure at our home urging us to sign up for a “Healthy Lawn Analysis” in order to help our lawn “thrive” and “flourish.” Although the brochure warns that our “grass is at risk from serious weed threats,” it fails to acknowledge that treating our lawn with chemicals would threaten the health and safety of our loved ones, our pets, and ourselves. Over the past few months, I have looked at numerous sources, from epidemiological studies to toxicology reports in an effort to learn more about the lawn care companies that operate in our neighborhood and the products they use on our lawns. What I learned, in the more than 60 sources I examined, will forever change my perception of the lawn care industry and what is deemed a “healthy lawn.”             Despite a National trend toward living “green” and “eating organic,” a July 2000 report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that
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