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Pesticide runoff pollutes ground and surface waters, which threatens the safety of our aquatic environments and drinking water supplies. Read about why you should be concerned. |
If you have a lawn care service, the pages here will provide some tips that can help reduce pesticide use. Ask your lawn care provider about an organic program for your lawn. |
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"Every day of every week we are continuing in this country to expose children to chemicals whose toxicity is simply not known. As a pediatrician, I urge parents to think carefully about the choices they make, especially about pesticides."
Dr. Philip Landrigan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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 This project is a cooperative effort with the Towns of Acton, Ayer, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Groton, Harvard, Littleton, Westford, the North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative and local business partners. Materials developed under a grant from the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell.
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