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cide and the disease, pointing to more than 15 years of <br />safe experience with the chemical and its exposure to <br />millions of golfers without any similar reactions. Critics, <br />on the other hand, use this case to emphasize the haz ­ <br />ards of a'l lawn care products, even though fungicides <br />like chlorothalonil are hardly ever used on home lawns.o <br />Summary <br />In summary, for each of the three pesticides discussed <br />atX3ve. the scier.ufic issues need careful consideration. <br />Despite extensive experience and scientific studies on <br />chlorothalonil and 2.4-0. critical scientific information <br />appears to be missing or incomplete at the present time. <br />Is this an example of a major cause for alarm? Are the <br />American people at serious risk because lawn care <br />chemicals and other pesticides require further data to <br />check certain aspects of their safety for humans and the <br />envirorvnent? This point is raised by the 1986 Govern ­ <br />ment Accounting Office (GAO) reports on pesticides.