Understanding Pesticides

Five Things to Understand About Pesticides

  1. Most pesticides are poisonous to a wide range of insects and do not just eliminate those you are trying to kill. This is why scientists are concerned about the use of pesticides contributing nationwide to the reduction of pollinators such as bees and butterflies.
  2. Organic solutions - which are less harmful to humans, other insects, birds, fish, and other aquatic creatures - are readily available and can keep your lawns and gardens healthier and your kids and pets free from toxic chemicals.
  3. Pesticides that are applied on your property do not stay on your property. They are dispersed via groundwater to streams, rivers, the ocean, and private wells, and via the atmosphere to adjoining properties. 
  4. While the federal and state DEP does provide oversight on pesticides, many chemicals that are currently legal in the U.S. have already been banned in Europe and other countries. (For example, glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, has been banned in Argentina; Australia (in some states); Belgium; Bermuda; Bahrain; Barbados; Brazil; Canada (8 out of 10 provinces); Colombia; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; Denmark; El Salvador; Fiji; France; Germany; India; Italy; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Oman; Qatar; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Saudi Arabia; Portugal; Scotland; Slovenia; Spain; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Austria.)
  5. Therefore, to protect our environment and ecosystem, the KCC encourages you to make the choice to go organic as much as you can.

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