Putting families' health ahead of grass! We believe a future without toxic lawn pesticides is possible. Join us in the quest for safer, healthier communities.
Montgomery County, MD
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Want to keep your lawn healthy and fight weeds🌱 ? Overseed this fall 🍂 and every year for success! #mocolawns
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Lawn care alert! Did you know DEP has a YouTube playlist dedicated to lawn care? Enjoy step-by-step tutorials and resources for a beautiful and safe organic lawn this spring and throughout the year: bit.ly/2KRarDU!
#MocoLawns #OrganiclawnCare #PesticideFree
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Check out the spring lawn care checklist! #MocoLawns #OrganicLawnCare #PesticideFree
Learn more: MontgomeryCountyMD.gov/Lawns
@SafeGrowMC @loverockcreek @BethesdaGreen @OneMontgomeryG @PvilleGreen @mcmgmd @AnacostiaRrkper @TheNationsRiver @PotomacRiver
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Synthetic pesticides cannot be used on lawns in Montgomery County. #MoCoLawns #PesticideFree #OrganicLawnCare
Learn more: MontgomeryCountyMD.gov/Lawns…
@SafeGrowMC @loverockcreek @BethesdaGreen @OneMontgomeryG @Pvillegreen @mcmgmd @AnacostiaRrkper @TheNationsRiver @PotomacRiver
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April is #EarthMonth so learn how ordinary folks can stop the poison of our bodies, water and soil with toxic weed killers & fertilizers in #GroundWar by @andrewnisker @SafeGrowMC @MyGreenMC #pesticides #golf #parks #bees vimeo.com/ondemand/groundwar
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The USDA says pollinators are responsible for 1 in every 3 bites of food we eat! So, this year on National Pollinator Week, let’s #SaveOurPollinators and our food! Thanks @repblumenauer for introducing the Saving America’s Pollinators Act #organic #PesticideFree
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There are 157 cases pending in state and federal courts around the country, according to a June 22 court filing. The plaintiffs allege Syngenta was aware of the risks but failed to warn users. via @USRightToKnow @syngenta @chevron usrtk.org/paraquat-trial-tra…
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Happy #OceanMonth2021! Pesticides used on land leach into waterways and bioaccumulate in marine life, devastate seaweed and coral habitats, can cause cancer in marine animals, and fuel toxic algae blooms. Let's protect our soils and our seas and stop using synthetic pesticides!
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“Standard EPA tests don’t reflect the latest in toxicological sciences. Therefore, some significant effects of pesticides can go undetected." newschannel5.com/news/consum…
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"At a time when interest in regenerative agriculture is growing, a new study looks at the way pesticides can devastate soil species that foster plant health and sequester carbon."
regenerationinternational.or…
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Go Organic for your lawn! #MocoLawns #PesticideFree #OrganicLawnCare #CleanWaterForAll #OneChesapeake #MD #SaveTheBay #EveryFlowerCounts #Pollinators #MoMowMay #BeyondPesticides
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70+ amazing speakers & 100s of scientists, policymakers, practitioners, advocates & activists are coming together to confront #health threats, #climate disasters, & #biodiversity collapse with a toxic-free future.
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Shanna Swan, PhD, renowned environmental & reproductive epidemiologist, #IcahnMountSinai professor & coauthor of "Count Down," talks about the impact of #environmental chemicals on human sexuality & reproductive systems at our Forum Tues. June 1. beyondpesticides.org/program…
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Make your own 50-cent, pesticide-free Mosquito Trap! mygreenmontgomery.org/2020/m…
Another quick option is to simply put out containers of water with BT dunks that kill the larva. Just keep topping up the water level.
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Outrage as regulators let pesticides from factory pollute US town for years theguardian.com/us-news/2021…
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On Rachel Carson's birthday, I'm sharing an insane take down of her that ran in Monsanto magazine in 1962, the same year as Silent Spring, mocking her concern about the toxicity of pesticides documentcloud.org/documents/…
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Judge says “Monsanto wants a science panel so badly" because it lost the ‘battle of the experts’ in all 3 trials. “At present, the playing field on the issue of expert testimony related to causation is slanted heavily in favor of plaintiffs,” he states. usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-t…
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"Poor people, even middle class people, use our public parks. They might not be able to have a summer home in the Hamptons... and so you go with your family... you lay your blanket down, and all the time, your municipality... is poisoning you." -Bertha Lewis, @TheBlackInst
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Starting Monday, 70+ amazing speakers & 100s of scientists, policymakers, practitioners, advocates & activists are coming together to confront #health threats, #climate disasters, & #biodiversity collapse with a toxic-free future. Join us! beyondpesticides.org/.../202…
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Likening the class action settlement proposal to a “carnival barker hawking a ‘big prize,’” attorney Gerson Smoger told the court: “This is not merely an unfair deal. It is a deal designed to allow Monsanto @Bayer to poison future generations." usrtk.org/uncategorized/key-…