Comments on: How Safe is Your Lawn? Organic Lawn Care, Lead in your Backyard, and the Safety of Astroturf http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/ Green and Natural Parenting for Eco-Friendly Families Thu, 24 May 2012 17:04:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scotts Lawn Service http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4620 Scotts Lawn Service Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:52:58 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4620 Its important to be safe and read the instructions before applying anything. Its important to be safe and read the instructions before applying anything.

]]> By: Project Sprout Turns Vacant Lots into Sunflower Gardens : EcoLocalizer http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4618 Project Sprout Turns Vacant Lots into Sunflower Gardens : EcoLocalizer Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:01:31 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4618 [...] you turn the seeds into biofuel, the plants actually absorb common urban soil contaminates, such as lead. [via [...] [...] you turn the seeds into biofuel, the plants actually absorb common urban soil contaminates, such as lead. [via [...]

]]> By: AC http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4617 AC Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:43:48 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4617 Great Article, there is not enough out there safe lawn care. Great Article, there is not enough out there safe lawn care.

]]> By: Ken http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4616 Ken Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:11:39 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4616 Some simple steps to a better lawn. 1. Stop cutting it so short. 3" + is good. 2. Get the dirt tested before putting anything on it. Why waste $$$ and time on stuff that won't help the lawn. 3. Don't cut so much. 4. Read, Read, Read, think. Good luck! Some simple steps to a better lawn.
1. Stop cutting it so short. 3″ + is good.
2. Get the dirt tested before putting anything on it. Why waste $$$ and time on stuff that won’t help the lawn.
3. Don’t cut so much.
4. Read, Read, Read, think.

Good luck!

]]> By: Green lawn care | Lawn Care Product http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4615 Green lawn care | Lawn Care Product Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:54:50 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4615 [...] One common herbicide in popular “weed and feed” lawn-care products, 2,4-D, constituted about 50 percent of Agent Orange, and has been linked to birth defects, neurological problems, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and liver and kidney damage. … Lawn Care Tips… [...] [...] One common herbicide in popular “weed and feed” lawn-care products, 2,4-D, constituted about 50 percent of Agent Orange, and has been linked to birth defects, neurological problems, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and liver and kidney damage. … Lawn Care Tips… [...]

]]> By: shelley http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4614 shelley Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:55:38 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4614 i'd have to say i agree somewhat with J! although i infatically agree that we should be careful, use good judgement and take precautionary measures at all costs, the Good Lord put us down here with the elements of the earth. our bodies must be able to handle somethings if not done to excess. moderation/ balance should be our goal. as far as man-made chemicals that pose harm, well, that's just stupid. the Lord didn't make up ignorant either. we should use our brains for good i’d have to say i agree somewhat with J! although i infatically agree that we should be careful, use good judgement and take precautionary measures at all costs, the Good Lord put us down here with the elements of the earth. our bodies must be able to handle somethings if not done to excess. moderation/ balance should be our goal. as far as man-made chemicals that pose harm, well, that’s just stupid. the Lord didn’t make up ignorant either. we should use our brains for good

]]> By: Stephanie - Green SAHM http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4613 Stephanie - Green SAHM Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:01:36 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4613 That's what drives me nuts about the various government oversight agencies right now. They're trusting industry to do what's right, rather than most profitable. I think we all know how well that works. As for me and lawns, ours looks terrible right now. We rent and the landlord's lawn service doesn't do anything about weeds, and the lawn was torn up by the plumber when the old pipes to the sewer rusted shut. Landlord knows and ignores the blank patches. If it were mine, I'd be hunting up native plants. My husband and I have decided that we only need enough lawn for the kids to play on when we get a place of our own, and the rest should be garden or native. That’s what drives me nuts about the various government oversight agencies right now. They’re trusting industry to do what’s right, rather than most profitable. I think we all know how well that works.

As for me and lawns, ours looks terrible right now. We rent and the landlord’s lawn service doesn’t do anything about weeds, and the lawn was torn up by the plumber when the old pipes to the sewer rusted shut. Landlord knows and ignores the blank patches.

If it were mine, I’d be hunting up native plants. My husband and I have decided that we only need enough lawn for the kids to play on when we get a place of our own, and the rest should be garden or native.

]]> By: JP32 http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/18/how-safe-is-your-lawn-organic-lawn-care-lead-in-your-backyard-and-the-safety-of-astroturf/#comment-4612 JP32 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:07 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1374#comment-4612 The last argument (that "any amount ... is significant") is simply wrong, and it undermines the entire argument. BTW, I manage my yard with an absolute minimum of chemicals, moving to full organic as we start gardening and planting fruit trees). The fact of the matter is that, while "purity" and "perfection" sound nice, it is actually the DOSE of any substance that matters, and the BALANCE of all of the necessary substances, not merely the presence or absence of particular substances. Below a certain level, any substance will have no effect, beneficial or harmful. E.g., taking too low a dose of medicine or vitamins will do you no good, and taking too low a dose of poison will do you no harm. Ever. Conversely, taking too much of anything will damage or hurt you. for example, simply drinking too much water will kill you, by throwing off the balance of electrolytes (mostly salts) in your system, imparing nervous systems nd muscle functioning. This is a real danger for endurance athletes, since the symptoms of over-hydration are sometimes mistaken for de-hydraion, causing them to drink even more. The dose of chemically pure water required to kill you is less than the dose of ordinary tap water. So, we need to focus on threats that ACTUALLY add EXCESSIVE dosages of toxins to our environments, in forms that our bodies will absorb, and stop getting riled up about theoretically impure things that don't actually have any effect. J! The last argument (that “any amount … is significant”) is simply wrong, and it undermines the entire argument. BTW, I manage my yard with an absolute minimum of chemicals, moving to full organic as we start gardening and planting fruit trees).

The fact of the matter is that, while “purity” and “perfection” sound nice, it is actually the DOSE of any substance that matters, and the BALANCE of all of the necessary substances, not merely the presence or absence of particular substances.

Below a certain level, any substance will have no effect, beneficial or harmful. E.g., taking too low a dose of medicine or vitamins will do you no good, and taking too low a dose of poison will do you no harm. Ever.

Conversely, taking too much of anything will damage or hurt you. for example, simply drinking too much water will kill you, by throwing off the balance of electrolytes (mostly salts) in your system, imparing nervous systems nd muscle functioning. This is a real danger for endurance athletes, since the symptoms of over-hydration are sometimes mistaken for de-hydraion, causing them to drink even more. The dose of chemically pure water required to kill you is less than the dose of ordinary tap water.

So, we need to focus on threats that ACTUALLY add EXCESSIVE dosages of toxins to our environments, in forms that our bodies will absorb, and stop getting riled up about theoretically impure things that don’t actually have any effect.
J!

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