Safe Grow Montgomery would like to add some additional information to what was reported on this news piece. We would like viewers to know the following:

Other than cancer:
Pediatricians testified that lawn chemicals (pesticides, herbicides) affect children’s development, sometimes irreversibly.
In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a report that regular exposure to low levels of pesticides, including pesticides used for lawn and landscaping, can have serious acute and long-term health effects: pediatric cancer, decreased cognitive funtion and behavioral problesm.

Since the NCI letter:
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has linked the two most commonly used landscaping pesticides, glyphosate (Roundup) and 2,4-D, to cancer.

Property Values:

In all communities which have implementated similar bans, there is absolutely no evidence that property values were affected negatively.

Landscaping tip:
Brown lawns are from a lack of water, not a lack of lawn pesticides. Putting lawn chemicals like weedkillers on is not going to green up a brown lawn.  Lawns require deep, infrequent watering to encourage deep roots and discourage fungus.

Thank you!

Safe Grow Montgomery