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Healthy Yard Guide: Reduce Pesticides by Washington Audubon Society is a document available to read on EtoBox.

What is Healthy Yard Guide: Reduce Pesticides about?

1) Homeowners apply 66 million pounds of pesticides annually to their homes, gardens, and lawns, far more than is applied to agricultural crops per acre. 2) 86,880 pesticide exposure cases were reported in 2000, over half involving children under 6, and pesticides kill an estimated 79 million birds and wildlife each year. 3) Home lawns cover over 21 million acres, an area larger than several U.S. states combined, and non-native weeds consume 4,600 acres of wildlife habitat daily on public lands.

Author

Washington Audubon Society

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EN