THOSE POISON WARNINGS – A VICIOUS CYCLE

We read the papers at The Study.

One columnist we especially enjoy is a gardening expert who has a lot to say about the intelligent use of chemicals in and around the home and garden.

A couple of his remarks:

40+% of American households hire chemical companies to administer pesticides and herbicides and fertilizers to their lawns.

Those are the folks who put those lovely little skull and crossbones poison warning signs all over our neighborhoods, warning people to stay off.

Lots of creatures in our part of the land cannot read.

But no matter.

The contamination goes on.

And the chemicals kill all the bugs and such in our lawns. Well, not in our lawn because we do not use them.

But on the target lawns, all the bugs die.

Except, when the chemicals wear off, get washed down into the soil, replacement pests return to infest the lawn, and the good bugs are not there in sufficient force to resist them.

A good bug, by the way, is one which kills those which do damage to home and garden, such as fireflies and ants and ground beetles.

And guess what: the chemical companies are then called out again.

The author of the article wonders if the company is aware of this vicious cycle.

You think??