Re: Reliable lawn-care stats?

**L* J* <l*@tds.net>**

If you live in/near a well-to-do suburban area where everyone uses 
one of the Chemical Lawn companies, you would "buy it."  (that lawns 
are  dosed more heavily than farm fields.  My farmer neighbor only 
fertilizes in spring...down the road in suburbia, the green trucks 
are spraying 4 and 5 times per season! Subdivisions and their HOAs 
are notorious for pressuring homeowners to do the full lawn treatment.
Try the EPA website for good info.
I usually Google "epa lawn stats" or "epa lawn chemicals" etc. and 
get some good info from the EPA site.
The one on EPA is from the WILD ONEs and is sadly outdated (1993)
http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/wildones/handbk/wo8.html

Out side of the EPA here' a fact sheet on lawnmowers....
>http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/faq-environment.htm

And another on Pesticide and home/lawn
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/lawn/factsheets/facts&figures.htm

Safer Pest Control is also a great site:
http://spcpweb.org/

as is the Safe Lawn Project
http://www.safelawns.org/

Lynn Jenkins
Indiana Living Green, Inc.
a Hoosier's guide to a sustainable lifestyle
www.IndianaLivingGreen.com
Lynn@IndianaLivingGreen.com
317.769.3456
317-769-5756 Fax

At 10:39 AM 6/24/2008, you wrote:

>  Judy,
>good question. I've seen claims that lawns are dosed more heavily 
>than farm fields, and I don't buy it. Here in Lancaster County, it's 
>always time to spray herbicides or put some form of nitrogen on a 
>field, usually manure. Newcomers find it hard to believe at first, 
>but when you've lived here awhile you can tell the species of the 
>feces (cow, pig, chicken) in a whiff. I know some lawn fanatics, but 
>I've never seen anyone pour that much stuff on their personal sward. 
>Golf courses? Maybe.
>JF
>
>
>
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