• Green America,
  Fall 2009

  The EPA estimates that on average each American uses over 4 lbs. of pesticides a year... Every action counts!!

  There are more than 80,000 chemicals used in consumer products and manufacturing in the United States - and more than 2,000 new chemicals are introduced each year. Only about 200 have been tested for safety. The government DOES NOT REQUIRE testing or health studies for chemicals including those found in house hold cleaners, pesticides, paints and stains, skin and hair care products, and the hormones used in the meat and dairy industries.

  Seattle Times,
  August 10^th, 2001

  In a study examining the exposure of children to household pesticides, UW researchers have discovered garden chemicals in the urine of dozens of Seattle area preschool kids. The study showed more than half the children had been exposed to higher levels of pesticides than federal regulators considered safe.

• Seattle Times,
  April 19^th, 2002

  According to a Sierra Club study, 2-cycle engines dump 25-30% of their fuel unburned directly into our environment. A 2-cycle lawn mower pollutes as much as 40 new model cars.

  • Bob Perry, landscape arts professor at CSU Pamona, performed a study proving that "use of fossil fuels alone, for operating power equipment, pumping water, synthesizing fertilizer, and hauling landscape clippings to landfills, consumes more oxygen from the atmosphere than our built landscapes can produce."

  • Running a chainsaw is for one hour is equivalent in terms of air pollution to driving for 3,000 miles!

  • Washington State Dept. of Ecology: Seattle air ranked in worst 5%. Local cancer risk 'very large'.

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