by Arcoiris Design Gardening goal is to encourage and educate our clients to a pesticide-free lawn and garden! As most of us know, the environmental impact of pesticides is often greater than what is intended by those who use them. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, including non-target species, air, water, bottom sediments, and food. (1)
Furthermore, some pesticides contribute to global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer. (2) There is many ways pesticides affect us, including air pollution or pesticide drift, water contamination caused by crop run-off, land run-off and leaching , persistence of pesticides in soil because the microorganisms are not able to degraded the chemicals, contamination of our food, kill bees and other pollinators, animals may be poisoned by pesticide residues that remain on food after spraying, poisoning from pesticides can travel up the food chain too, can enter the human body through inhalation of aerosols, dust and vapor; through oral exposure by consuming food and water; and through dermal exposure by direct contact with skin.
Please help Arcoiris Design Gardening, to stop the use of harmful pesticides in our environment. Lets us show you how we can help you to have a free pesticide garden, we will very happy to explain all about our products and services at any time.
Are you familiar with this sign? Will you allow your childrem to play on this grass?
How about changing that sign for THIS one? Will you allow your children to play on this grass?
Important facts:
“The Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 72 million birds are killed by pesticides in the United States each year”. (3)
“The USDA and USFWS estimate that US farmers lose at least $200 million a year from reduced crop pollination because pesticides applied to fields eliminate about a fifth of honeybee colonies in the US and harm an additional 15%”.(1)
References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_pesticides
2. http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/landuse/Vol131/REYN.HTMl
3. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/21/BAQ21HC5CB.DTL
4. Pesticide sign picture from: http://www.psr-la.org/issues/environmental-health/pesticides/
