Re: Reliable lawn-care stats?

**"* V* <i*@cobrahead.com>**

Judy,

If there are reliable statistics on US home herbicide use anywhere, they are 
almost certainly buried in here:

http://www.epa.gov/oppbead1/pestsales/

Search within the site under "lawn usage" and try other words and phrases. 
Lots of stuff comes up.

Note that the government groups herbicides under types of pesticides.  Where 
you go for water usage, I don't know, but Google got me this.

Noel Valdes
CobraHead LLC
info@cobrahead.com
www.cobrahead.com
www.cobrahead.com/blog

> Does anyone know of some accurate lawn-care statistics? I read these 
> figures of
> how much water and fertilizer are poured on suburban lawns, only to 
> find -- upon
> really searching -- that they're estimates or extrapolations or include 
> farm use
> of fertilizer. Same with herbicides.?The ones I've seen are simply not
> trustworthy.
> ?
> I'd like some?reliable picture?of what individual homeowners are really 
> doing. I
> figure I've missed the right studies somehow.?Can anyone direct me in the 
> right
> direction?
> ?
> Thanks,
> Judy Lowe in Boston

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