National
Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns
Lawn Care: Pesticide Hazards and Alternatives
Take Action!Join the National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns by signing the Declaration on the Use of Toxic Lawn Chemicals and joining in grassroots actions to educate your community – including landscapers and policy makers - about the unacceptable hazards of lawn chemicals. Pledge your lawn and/or landscape as organic!
Lawn Fact: During
a typical year in neighborhoods across the country, over 102 million
pounds of toxic pesticides are applied in pursuit of a perfect lawn
and garden. This figure, up from 90 million pounds in the year 2000,
continues to grow |
despite
the growing body scientific evidence of the public health and environmental
consequences. Beyond
Pesticides is working to halt the senseless use and exposure to lawn pesticides
that are so pervasively used in the U.S. We do this by providing consumers
and professionals with information on the hazards of pesticides, least
and non-toxic land care practices, organic
training, and an ever growing list of local professionals.
In addition, we work to bring activists across the country together to
work on pesticide reform activities through the National
Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns.
Alternatives for Safer Lawn Care
- Read Your "Weeds"- A Simple Guide to Creating a Healthy Lawn (new factsheet for spring)
- Alternatives Factsheets (insect specific)
- Organic Gardening: The Basics
- Safety Source: Find a Lawn Care Companies
- More Resources from Your Region
Hazards of Chemical Lawn Care
- Pesticides and Playing Fields, (Referenced word version) (New)
- Children and Pesticides DON'T MIX
- Lawn Pesticide Facts & Figures
- Health Effects of 30 Commonly Used Lawn Pesticides
- Environmental Effects of 30 Commonly Used Lawn Pesticides
- Commonly Asked Questions on Chemical Lawn Care
- Five Reasons Not to Use Weed and Feed
- Beware of Organic Claims
- More Resources from Your Region
Show
your neighbors that pesticide-free lawns are important for the health
of your family the environment and the community. Buy a Pesticide Free
Zone lawn sign for $10 and display it in your yard. At eight inches in
diameter, these aluminum enameled signs will not rust and will retain
their bright colors for years. Order
online or by calling Beyond Pesticides at 202-543-5450. You can also order
a "Is Your Lawn Toxic Green?" bumpersticker
with white letters on green background.