Lawn Care Dilemma: Spray or Not?. Ron Seely.
by Seely, Ron; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 52Environment. Publisher: Wisconsin State Journal, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Herbicides | Home grounds | Lawns | Pesticides -- Physiological effect | Pesticides -- Risk assessment | Pollution | United States Environmental Protection AgencyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "We love our lawns....Many of us coddle our lawns with all the attentiveness and care of parents tending children. We rake and fertilize and roll and seed and spray. We see a weed, even the bright yellow of a dandelion, and we go nuts....So, in light of our deep attachment to the green, green grass of our homes, it only makes sense that many of us are struggling with the big issue--to spray or not to spray." (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL) This article debates the harmful effects of spraying pesticides and herbicides on lawns.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Lawn Care Dilemma: Spray or Not?, May 4, 2003; pp. A1+.
"We love our lawns....Many of us coddle our lawns with all the attentiveness and care of parents tending children. We rake and fertilize and roll and seed and spray. We see a weed, even the bright yellow of a dandelion, and we go nuts....So, in light of our deep attachment to the green, green grass of our homes, it only makes sense that many of us are struggling with the big issue--to spray or not to spray." (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL) This article debates the harmful effects of spraying pesticides and herbicides on lawns.
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