6 Reasons to Stop Using Chemicals on Your Lawn and Garden

1. 100% of Americans have traces of pesticides in their body tissue and fluids. (Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, U.S. Center for Disease Control, January 2003)

2. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (the 2nd fastest growing cancer in the U.S.) is linked to common herbicides and fungicides such as glyphosate (Roundup ingredient). (Zahm, S. et al. 1990 “A Case Control Study of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and the Herbicide 2,4-D,” Epidemiology 1 (5): 349-356)

3. Children living in households where pesticides are used have higher rates of leukemia and brain cancer. (Leiss, J. et al. 1995. “Home Pesticide Use and Childhood Cancer: A Case Control Study,” American Journal of Public Health 85: 249-252)

4. 67 million birds are killed every year by pesticides. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Audubon Magazine, March-April 2007, p. 88)

5. Dogs whose owners use 2,4-D (common weed killer) on their lawns are twice as likely to die of cancer. (Hayes, H. et al, 1991. “Case Control Study of Canine Malignant Lymphoma: Positive Association with Dog Owners’ Use of 2,4-D Acid Herbicides,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 83 (17): 1226)

6. Fertilizers and pesticides from lawn runoff are highly damaging to the ecology of our streams, ponds, and major waterways like the Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay. (Burg, Robert, ed. “The Long Island Sound Study,” Sound Health 2006. EPA Long Island Sound Office, Stamford, CT.: p.12)

* This is a small sample of the thousands of studies linking the health of humans, pets, and wildlife to pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.