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chemical facts

In 1984, the United States applied more synthetic chemical
fertilizer to lawns than India applied on all its food crops.
The principle ingredient of the defoliant Agent Orange used in
the Vietnam War, 2,4-D is today associated with birth defects,
reproductive problems, neurotoxicity, kidney and liver damage,
and is a sensitizer and irritant.
Of 30 commonly used lawn pesticides, 19 are linked with cancer
or carcinogencity, 13 are linked with birth defects, 21 with
reproductive effects, 26 with liver or kidney damage, 15 with
neurotoxicity, and 11 with disruption of the endocrine (hormonal) system.
Of those same 30 lawn pesticides, 17 are detected in groundwater,
23 have the ability to leach into drinking water sources,
24 are toxic to fish and other aquatic organisms vital to our
ecosystem, 11 are toxic to bees, and 16 are toxic to birds.


	chemical facts In 1984, the United States applied more synthetic chemical fertilizer to lawns than India applied on all its food crops. The principle ingredient of the defoliant Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War, 2,4-D is today associated with birth defects, reproductive problems, neurotoxicity, kidney and liver damage, and is a sensitizer and irritant. Of 30 commonly used lawn pesticides, 19 are linked with cancer or carcinogencity, 13 are linked with birth defects, 21 with reproductive effects, 26 with liver or kidney damage, 15 with neurotoxicity, and 11 with disruption of the endocrine (hormonal) system. Of those same 30 lawn pesticides, 17 are detected in groundwater, 23 have the ability to leach into drinking water sources, 24 are toxic to fish and other aquatic organisms vital to our ecosystem, 11 are toxic to bees, and 16 are toxic to birds.