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IM It to liMr Md Miirt Mbs* ki bi^ <br />. - • « <br />devMtgJi cht way dieimcal sjatcmi <br />cto. OipoR ntthoda nake lawe. Tin <br />•tot tht^to tint fMt bf. am tod <br />toaa yntotoioaali «• switf towaid lilt <br />!£I <br />^ tooottfag to Steven Zita, a Cknis <br />Calf., htdicaper who hst year <br />itotod Bado^ Urtan Gaideang Stu- <br />vket (BUGS). Through BUGS. Zien <br />ioyt to bring tngrther organic hwa care <br />aalioowide ^ provide »• <br />farnaikM to anytoe nicreated it orguae <br />tothodi. The CaHtemia hadtraper is <br />wrahi^ to estabidi a certification <br />Im caic operatcrs iaieteited in practic* <br />‘tegergafic tteliicds. <br />Soito chefloicdly orieated lawa care <br />predig aitaads are aaritchixig to na»*i>rwf^ <br />we advocate as a lesult ol the high coal ol <br />iafafity insttranoe that di^mirai appfica- <br />ton must carry.'' says Zaen. “But aiott <br />of thooe who simtch are hooetOy ooa- <br />oeioed about the safety of the products <br />they've been usini. They reahxe there's <br />and want to do aomeUiag <br />about it." <br />ZieapainUtoa ncest study cooducted <br />by the Ameskaa Couocd on Sdeooe tod <br />Heakb as an exanvde of how the aidiistry <br />aa a whole feels about the issue of efaes^ <br />cil use. The study concludes that hwn <br />care chenicals *Vhen correctly and le­ <br />gally used" pose no hazard to human <br />h^th. “Such claims can’t be made, yet <br />d s beiag done." says Zien. <br />Lawn care oormaniet argue the <br />efatmirab t^ use ve “sab" because <br />ptopm aimed at trautog and evahating <br />wcj uav arc saw oecauw <br />they 're regsiered wkh the EPA, But ac- <br />totoWf to the General Accounting Of­ <br />fice's (GAO) fiodnis on the EIVt's ban- <br />I Sweet, mild <br />I andmea^... <br />M aBtO, hrtfltU ml tllnUifMa iHwatlaj* <br />IB?' KS I <br />IIIII <br />I <br />______________________ <br />oauwe <br />Bteg of peslica:* regolaliDiis. not only ia <br />RffBtralioaooparinteeof safety, hot no <br />Ptotidde can be deemed safe untd letting <br />is congdete. Pesticides are. after all. <br />chenacals deaigaed to Idl biolo^ or- <br />Despite applicators' claims that the <br />chemicab they use are eitremely diluted <br />s^lm low toncky. the New York Suie <br />Pesticide Applicator Training Manual <br />states that chronic peatiride poasoniag <br />“■ ^ repeated anal <br />m lethal doses over a lo^ period of <br />safen for years." sqrs Zien. T <br />don I try ti • convince people chenne b <br />aredanguoia. though. What I try loo o- <br />vmce them of inaiead b that we do 't <br />know enough about their eiecta toad*»- <br />cale using them. Why ftodie if tfaeie 1 w <br />ahenutivesr' <br />OONSLfMER EDUCAJION <br />Sim 1972 the ElWba^ been condbict- <br />mg berth and safety evaluarinna of active <br />ingredmncs in its registered pesticide <br />nroAicts. Itemarkably. none of the nearly <br />600 evahatioos had been completed as of <br />^ GAO's 1986 report. As a result, n- <br />fonnalioa on the long tem clvorac ef­ <br />fects of pesticide exposure—cancer, ste- <br />nhly and birth defects—is seriously <br />beking. By the EPA's own admbsion it <br />wil take at least 20 mare years to fil iMs <br />dau gap. No evidence currently exisis to <br />TtotaaMmeuagebbeiiwespaua d <br />bythe Nflionii(:oofiliDoArtmattfaeM *- <br />use of Pesticides (NCAhfP), a Whs - <br />mgton^haaed consumer pinteclion P <br />actoe in orpniamg grass-roots effans •• <br />reform pesticide laws. <br />“Too often, homeownen wB reteh f r <br />chemical heitickltfs aa thdr first choi s <br />for weed control in Uvms." says NCAM > <br />spokMman Tom Oates. "There may 1 <br />^uficatjoo for a fanner touseanh^:- <br />ode when his crops and livelihood tfepei I <br />on k. hut k's absurd for other people • i <br />put themselves at imk for an emenAi- <br />r CLIW-M-MAIL <br />E <br />I <br />1988 Earl May <br />SPRING CATALOG <br />m <br />fuU color froin cover lo cover. You'll find your <br />favorite vegetable and flower seeds, plants, roses <br />glads, rnums. fruits and berries. Also, lips on <br />pltoiing. growing, h^esiing and cookim. Tools i <br />and pel iiems. tool Send for your FREE copy today 1 <br />fimdir <br />Earl Mgy <br />Srtd 4b Iwaary LB <br />Ogpl ISI-2Q <br />IsaMSIlfiJI <br />Stats---------................................... -------I <br />I, f/om# Henting Hmodquartmn to, thm Nstion Since 1919 * <br />***** ' ^ <br />.... - .