The grass is greener

The grass in your lawn may be greener than mine, but it’s also poisonous, so there!

Just like the lemon-fresh scent you love to smell in your ultra clean house, luscious green and finely manicured lawns are a suburban curse. And worse yet, you have some clue that that chemicals they use to make your lawn look good are bad for your kids and your dog (ever notice the warnings signs sticking up out of the grass?). Yet, you continue to use them.

Isn’t it cute when your kid puts a blade of grass in his mouth and tried to whistle? WAKE UP!

There’s nothing cute about the fact that he’s sucking on powerful herbicides with known links to brain cancer, leukemia, developmental delays, and reproductive organ deformity.

Or, how about your asthmatic child rolling around in Roundup®, a known respiratory irritant?

What about the fact that it’s been shown that nursing mothers exposed to pesticides excrete it in their breast milk? Mmmm….yummy.

And, don’t forget about the water runoff. Yes, a topic for another day. How pesticides contribute to the nasty concoction that is our drinking water.

It’s pretty simple. #1: Stop using pesticides. #2: Use organic replacements instead or ask your landscaper to.

In addition to being a billion times safer for you and your kids, it’s actually cheaper too.

TIPS: Beyond Pesticides. Go au naturale.