Persephone wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:33:56 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

Persephone wrote in message
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On 13 Aug 2006 14:50:01 -0700, "Mean Mr Mustard"
wrote:

Look fake, poisonous and manufactured by Chem-Lawn. Gimme clovers,
dandelions, mole trails, grub damage and moss any day.


Really surprising that no one in this thread has mentioned the danger
to babies and children from playing on lawns poisoned by weed-killers
and other harsh lawn chemicals. Many parents will not let their
children play on a friend's lawn unless they check with the parents
about chemical use.

Persphone

There's no point in mentioning it. Think about the two sides of that
debate.
The stoopids who think the chemicals are safe will never believe otherwise
because they CANNOT believe otherwise. These ideas are too closely
intertwined with so many others, including politics. Ditch one idea and
you
may have to ditch a dozen others.



Respectfully disagree. I thought myself well-informed on such
environmental issues, but it took a visit to a friend who didn't let
her child play on pesticide-ed lawns to raise my consciousness.

I suspect there are many well-intentioned people out there who have
never had the issue come to their attention, and who would take swift
action once they were informed.

The question is how to get the information out there.

Maybe PSAs on TV?

Persephone

You're obviously not one of the stupid people, Ms. P. As far as informing
people, the information is readily available through any of the news media
intended for adults.