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Breaking the lawn-care pesticide cycle 
A woman in Oregon noticed that every time her yard was treated with lawn-care chemicals her six-year-old son, who would play in the yard after it was deemed "safe," experienced bladder and bowel control problems. Americans pour 80 million pounds of pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides onto their lawns each year, double the amount forty years ago. One of these herbicides, atrazine, is believed to have serious cancer risks. Atrazine's presence in groundwater in the Midwest provoked the Natural Resources Defense Council to actually sue the EPA for failing to protect the public from health risks. Trade-secret protection rights allow pesticide companies to hide their inert ingredients from public disclosure. And since the lawn-chemical products aren't used on food, health safety standards are more lenient. These pesticides, however, pose particular hazards to small children, whose organs are still maturing. An unsightly lawn may bring complaints from neighbors, but these complaints are trifling in comparison to the compromises in health that may occur. If lawn-care chemicals must be used, effective organic alternatives and even home concoctions exist. For example, you can mix dishwashing soap (3-6 tablespoons) with a gallon of water to create a weed and bug killer. Read the article to find out more about these substitutes.
Breaking the lawn-care pesticide cycle
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