Despite marketing spin and availability, pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers are not very safe for humans and the environment. When sprayed on our backyards, city parks and in industrial agriculture… as they are across the nation, cumulative effects of toxic residue, in the biosphere, can have lasting effects. This over use of chemicals is suspected to be a cause of the widespread bee and bat colony collapse and is affecting ecosystems all the way up the food chain to humans. From local lakes, creeks and rivers to the exponentially growing dead zones in the sea, and from lawns, gardens and farms to the atmosphere, the petroleum intensive production and use of these toxic chemicals is a major cause of climate change. Listen in to hear about some safe alternatives to these toxic, petro-based chemicals.

http://www.turtlelakerefuge.org/

http://pesticideactionnetwork.net/

http://www.nospray.org/

http://www.nosprayzone.org/

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/alternatives/factsheets/index.htm

http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/gpests.asp

http://www.panna.org/

http://www.pesticide.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_pest_control

http://www.squidoo.com/natural-pesticide-sprays