Tag: pest

In 2001, the EPA removed the broad-spectrum pesticide, Dursban,(which contained Chlorpyrifos, which is related to nerve gas,) from the residential and professional market. In 2004, they phased out Diaznon from the residential market because they found it was more toxic to infants, children and women, than previously understood. Wean your Garden off the Sauce (Pesticides)! When you spray your garden with a broad-spectrum pesticide, you're also killing off sensitive beneficial insects like bees and lady beetles. Once you eliminate the beneficial bugs, surviving pests take hold and freely multiply. Also, historically most pests build up a resistance to the pesticides that used to kill them, so new pesticides have to be created, further contaminating the soil, water and air. Integ...