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Article: Lethal lawn care.(Poisons In The Grass)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 18, 2004
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IT'S SPRINGTIME and the pressure is on. For several weeks now I've been growing anxious as I watch the brown neighborhood grasses gradually turn to shades of green. Like other homeowners, I am on the lookout for that first dandelion or patch of crabgrass, sure signs that I've been delinquent in the care of my "back 40." I am ready to stomp out each pesky weed that disfigures the hoped-for lush green carpet.
A lawn obsession like mine makes for good business. According to the Lawn Institute in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, Americans spend $30 billion a year on 50,000 square miles of lawn. I've paced the aisles of the local lawn and garden center looking for the latest ...