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February 19, 2014
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Pesticide regulations in CT not effective

Yahoo.comIn an excellent article today in the Hartford Courant Gregory Hladky reveals that a review of Connecticut’s environmental records show that licensed pesticide applicators are ignoring requirements to report what chemicals and how much they are using altogether or are incompletely reporting. Worse, unlicensed applicators are common and not tracked at all and often not trained. He quotes Dr. Jerome Silbert of the Watershed Partnership said this was the tip of the iceberg because no one keeps track of the tens of thousands of homeowners using pesticides and herbicides in their gardens.
This is where The Great Healthy Yard Project can help! Not only educating homeowners about why they should stop using these chemicals to protect their water, but also educating people so there is less demand for professionals. Even if you are not applying these chemicals, you are drinking them if they are being used in your watershed.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-pesticide-reports-0217-20140218,0,6199442.story

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