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Join Pesticide Watch in protesting ChemLawn's pesticides 10/26
Sacramento Valley residents are already exposed to enough pesticides. We certainly don't need individual homeowners adding known carcinigens to the neighborhood by using ChemLawn toxins. Protest ChemLawn in Sacramento 10/26 @ 11 am, ChemLawn headquarters; 1700 N. Market Blvd. # 103..
ACTION ALERT!
Join *Pesticide Watch*, concerned community members and students to
kick off the Refuse to Use ChemLawn campaign with some great speakers!
We are working to reduce the amount of dangerous pesticides in our
communities by raising awareness about the public health threats
associated with Sacramento's growing lawn-care industry. Learn more
about the campaign and take the pledge at http://www.RefuseToUseChemLawn.org
http://www.RefuseToUseChemLawn.org/
We need your support in order to protect our waterways, keep our
environment pesticide-free, and protect children from increased exposure
to toxic chemicals by calling on the industry leader, TruGreen ChemLawn,
to offer a safer, non-toxic alternative. Bring your children, pets and
friends!
Our community demands that the company:
- immediately phase out the use of chemicals possibly linked to cancer,
- protect its workers in the process,
- disclose all the ingredients in its products to customers,
- offer an organic lawn-care alternative, and
- stop using children to market its product
*
When: *11 AM Thursday, October 26, 2006**
*
Where:* TruGreen ChemLawn Local Headquarters
1700 N. Market Blvd. #103
Sacramento, CA 95834
*Directions from Sacramento: *Take I-5 N/CA-99N toward Redding for
approximately 4 miles. Take 80W exit toward San Francisco/Reno and
merge onto 80E toward Reno. Take Truxel Road exit and turn left onto
Truxel Road. Drive for one mile and take a right onto Arena Blvd (turns
into North Market Blvd.). About seven miles from downtown.
*Contact: Paul Schramski*
*Pesticide Watch/Toxics Action Center*
*paul [at] pesticidewatch.org*
916.448.4516 x112
916.216.1082
Here's the info from pesticide watch;
Be Truly Green: Refuse to Use ChemLawn – Why Lawn Care Pesticides are Dangerous to Your Children, Pets and the Environment
The desire for the perfect lawn is leading millions of households across the nation to expose children, pets, and water supplies to toxic pesticides that threaten public health and the environment.
TruGreen ChemLawn is the largest lawn care provider in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million households and annually generating more than $1.3 billion in income.
TruGreen ChemLawn’s standard customer receipt lists 32 pesticides available for use through its residential lawn care program. An analysis of these pesticides in the report, Be Truly Green: Refuse to Use ChemLawn – Why Lawn Care Pesticides are Dangerous to Your Children, Pets and the Environment, reveals:
- 17 of 32 (53 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are possible carcinogens, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
- All 32 of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that pose threats to the environment including water supplies, aquatic organisms, and non-targeted insects.
- 9 of 32 (28 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are known or suspected reproductive toxins (7/32 known, 22 percent).
- 11 of 32 (34 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are known or suspected endocrine disruptors (4/32 known, 12.5 percent).
- 13 of 32 (41 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are banned or restricted in other countries.
Pesticide Watch urges residential and commercial customers to Refuse to Use ChemLawn until TruGreen ChemLawn changes the way it does its business. Pesticide Watch calls on TruGreen ChemLawn, as the industry leader in pesticide-based lawn care services, to take immediate steps to protect the health and safety of children, pets, and the environment from the dangers of their services. Pesticide Watch demands that TruGreen ChemLawn:
- Phase out the use of pesticides. TruGreen ChemLawn should immediately stop the use of those pesticides considered possible carcinogens by the USEPA and the IARC.
- Disclose all ingredients in their pesticide products, including the so-called inert ingredients. TruGreen ChemLawn should educate consumers by readily providing information to its customers over the phone, in writing, and on its website about the health and environmental effects of its products.
- Offer a comprehensive organic lawn care program that does not use pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. TruGreen ChemLawn should require its applicators to pass an accredited organic lawn care program.
- Stop using children to market products. TruGreen ChemLawn should not enter into any promotional campaign similar to its partnership with US Youth Soccer, which encouraged families to hire TruGreen ChemLawn with promises of financial support for the town’s youth soccer league.
Residents are taking the Be Truly Green: Refuse to Use ChemLawn campaign to their neighborhoods by setting up outreach campaigns to educate their communities on the dangers of lawn pesticides."
entire article @;
http://www.pesticidewatch.org/Html/chemlawn.html
In addition to limiting pesticide applications on lawns, many feel that it it high time to replace lawns with edible food plants/trees that are adaptable to the bioregion. Following the model of Cascadia/Oregon's Food Not Lawns;
http://www.foodnotlawns.com/
"Now Available!
Food Not Lawns, How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community, by Heather Coburn Flores.
The premier guide for ecological living in the city through paradise gardening and shared resources by a co-founder of the original Food Not Lawns grassroots gardening project in Eugene, OR."
tour dates for Food Not Lawns book (2006);
Food Not Lawns National Book Tour Schedule
Wednesday, October 25 at 1pm on KHSU interview with author Heather Coburn Flores
Wednesday, October 25 Workshop at Campus Center for Appropriate Technology
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521 2-4 pm, seed swap at 5pm. $5-$50 recommended donation.
Thursday, October 26, 6-10pm Book Release Party
with author H.C. Flores and musical guests,
The Underscore Orkestra
Vaudeville gypsy acoustic swing band traveling in a veggie-oil powered bus from Oregon and beyond
At The Green Life Evolution Center
410 Railroad Blvd in Blue Lake
$3-5 Recommended Donation
Friday, October 27 Food Not Lawns Book release party in Arcata with Absynth Quintet and the Underscore Orkestra at Jambalaya. 8 pm, $5 cover. It's a costume ball, so dress up
November 8 Food Not Lawns Benefit show at Sam Bonds in Eugene with special guests the Fishtank Ensemble and the Underscore Orkestra!! 9 pm. $5-$50.
November 13-16 Bay Area:
November 14 Mount Diablo High School in Concord, CA. All day with science classes.
November 15 at UC Berkeley. Women’s Lecture Series.
Contact: Severine Von Tscharner Fleming SVF02000 [at] pomona.edu.
November 18 Oregon Tilth Annual Meeting. 2 pm Workshop on urban agriculture with Andy Parker. See http://www.tilth.org for details.
November 20 6-9 pm Seed swap and workshop at Tryon Life Community Farm in SW Portland.
November 21 Workshop at the University of Oregon, EMUin the Walnut Room, 6-9 pm. with the Institute for Contemporary Ethnobotany. See link at left for details.
December 9 2-7 pm
Workshop and Seed swap at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills
Contact Marc D. Sidel
Community Programs Manager
Hidden Villa
26870 Moody Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
(650)949-9704
communityprograms [at] hiddenvilla.org
December 10 Workshop with Santa Cruz Free School at The Sacred Grove,
924 Soquel Ave. 6-9 pm. Workshop to be followed by a community seed swap and performance with the Underscore Orkestra!
December 13-22 and February 21-28 Bay Area Gigs TBA, contact us to book something in your neighborhood.
December 23-28 Porterville/Fresno/Bakersfield
December 29-January 5 Long Beach, Riverside
January 20-27 through February Central and Southern California
February 28-March 4 North Coast back to Eugene
April/May 2007 NE Tour, NYC across the top, through the midwest and into BC. Contact us to help!
July 10-15 Oregon Country Fair. Workshop, shows, signing.
Could we add a Sacramento Valley Food Not Lawns to the growing list of regional Food Not Lawns chapters in the near future??
Join *Pesticide Watch*, concerned community members and students to
kick off the Refuse to Use ChemLawn campaign with some great speakers!
We are working to reduce the amount of dangerous pesticides in our
communities by raising awareness about the public health threats
associated with Sacramento's growing lawn-care industry. Learn more
about the campaign and take the pledge at http://www.RefuseToUseChemLawn.org
http://www.RefuseToUseChemLawn.org/
We need your support in order to protect our waterways, keep our
environment pesticide-free, and protect children from increased exposure
to toxic chemicals by calling on the industry leader, TruGreen ChemLawn,
to offer a safer, non-toxic alternative. Bring your children, pets and
friends!
Our community demands that the company:
- immediately phase out the use of chemicals possibly linked to cancer,
- protect its workers in the process,
- disclose all the ingredients in its products to customers,
- offer an organic lawn-care alternative, and
- stop using children to market its product
*
When: *11 AM Thursday, October 26, 2006**
*
Where:* TruGreen ChemLawn Local Headquarters
1700 N. Market Blvd. #103
Sacramento, CA 95834
*Directions from Sacramento: *Take I-5 N/CA-99N toward Redding for
approximately 4 miles. Take 80W exit toward San Francisco/Reno and
merge onto 80E toward Reno. Take Truxel Road exit and turn left onto
Truxel Road. Drive for one mile and take a right onto Arena Blvd (turns
into North Market Blvd.). About seven miles from downtown.
*Contact: Paul Schramski*
*Pesticide Watch/Toxics Action Center*
*paul [at] pesticidewatch.org*
916.448.4516 x112
916.216.1082
Here's the info from pesticide watch;
Be Truly Green: Refuse to Use ChemLawn – Why Lawn Care Pesticides are Dangerous to Your Children, Pets and the Environment
The desire for the perfect lawn is leading millions of households across the nation to expose children, pets, and water supplies to toxic pesticides that threaten public health and the environment.
TruGreen ChemLawn is the largest lawn care provider in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million households and annually generating more than $1.3 billion in income.
TruGreen ChemLawn’s standard customer receipt lists 32 pesticides available for use through its residential lawn care program. An analysis of these pesticides in the report, Be Truly Green: Refuse to Use ChemLawn – Why Lawn Care Pesticides are Dangerous to Your Children, Pets and the Environment, reveals:
- 17 of 32 (53 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are possible carcinogens, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
- All 32 of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that pose threats to the environment including water supplies, aquatic organisms, and non-targeted insects.
- 9 of 32 (28 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are known or suspected reproductive toxins (7/32 known, 22 percent).
- 11 of 32 (34 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are known or suspected endocrine disruptors (4/32 known, 12.5 percent).
- 13 of 32 (41 percent) of TruGreen ChemLawn’s pesticide products include ingredients that are banned or restricted in other countries.
Pesticide Watch urges residential and commercial customers to Refuse to Use ChemLawn until TruGreen ChemLawn changes the way it does its business. Pesticide Watch calls on TruGreen ChemLawn, as the industry leader in pesticide-based lawn care services, to take immediate steps to protect the health and safety of children, pets, and the environment from the dangers of their services. Pesticide Watch demands that TruGreen ChemLawn:
- Phase out the use of pesticides. TruGreen ChemLawn should immediately stop the use of those pesticides considered possible carcinogens by the USEPA and the IARC.
- Disclose all ingredients in their pesticide products, including the so-called inert ingredients. TruGreen ChemLawn should educate consumers by readily providing information to its customers over the phone, in writing, and on its website about the health and environmental effects of its products.
- Offer a comprehensive organic lawn care program that does not use pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. TruGreen ChemLawn should require its applicators to pass an accredited organic lawn care program.
- Stop using children to market products. TruGreen ChemLawn should not enter into any promotional campaign similar to its partnership with US Youth Soccer, which encouraged families to hire TruGreen ChemLawn with promises of financial support for the town’s youth soccer league.
Residents are taking the Be Truly Green: Refuse to Use ChemLawn campaign to their neighborhoods by setting up outreach campaigns to educate their communities on the dangers of lawn pesticides."
entire article @;
http://www.pesticidewatch.org/Html/chemlawn.html
In addition to limiting pesticide applications on lawns, many feel that it it high time to replace lawns with edible food plants/trees that are adaptable to the bioregion. Following the model of Cascadia/Oregon's Food Not Lawns;
http://www.foodnotlawns.com/
"Now Available!
Food Not Lawns, How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community, by Heather Coburn Flores.
The premier guide for ecological living in the city through paradise gardening and shared resources by a co-founder of the original Food Not Lawns grassroots gardening project in Eugene, OR."
tour dates for Food Not Lawns book (2006);
Food Not Lawns National Book Tour Schedule
Wednesday, October 25 at 1pm on KHSU interview with author Heather Coburn Flores
Wednesday, October 25 Workshop at Campus Center for Appropriate Technology
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521 2-4 pm, seed swap at 5pm. $5-$50 recommended donation.
Thursday, October 26, 6-10pm Book Release Party
with author H.C. Flores and musical guests,
The Underscore Orkestra
Vaudeville gypsy acoustic swing band traveling in a veggie-oil powered bus from Oregon and beyond
At The Green Life Evolution Center
410 Railroad Blvd in Blue Lake
$3-5 Recommended Donation
Friday, October 27 Food Not Lawns Book release party in Arcata with Absynth Quintet and the Underscore Orkestra at Jambalaya. 8 pm, $5 cover. It's a costume ball, so dress up
November 8 Food Not Lawns Benefit show at Sam Bonds in Eugene with special guests the Fishtank Ensemble and the Underscore Orkestra!! 9 pm. $5-$50.
November 13-16 Bay Area:
November 14 Mount Diablo High School in Concord, CA. All day with science classes.
November 15 at UC Berkeley. Women’s Lecture Series.
Contact: Severine Von Tscharner Fleming SVF02000 [at] pomona.edu.
November 18 Oregon Tilth Annual Meeting. 2 pm Workshop on urban agriculture with Andy Parker. See http://www.tilth.org for details.
November 20 6-9 pm Seed swap and workshop at Tryon Life Community Farm in SW Portland.
November 21 Workshop at the University of Oregon, EMUin the Walnut Room, 6-9 pm. with the Institute for Contemporary Ethnobotany. See link at left for details.
December 9 2-7 pm
Workshop and Seed swap at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills
Contact Marc D. Sidel
Community Programs Manager
Hidden Villa
26870 Moody Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
(650)949-9704
communityprograms [at] hiddenvilla.org
December 10 Workshop with Santa Cruz Free School at The Sacred Grove,
924 Soquel Ave. 6-9 pm. Workshop to be followed by a community seed swap and performance with the Underscore Orkestra!
December 13-22 and February 21-28 Bay Area Gigs TBA, contact us to book something in your neighborhood.
December 23-28 Porterville/Fresno/Bakersfield
December 29-January 5 Long Beach, Riverside
January 20-27 through February Central and Southern California
February 28-March 4 North Coast back to Eugene
April/May 2007 NE Tour, NYC across the top, through the midwest and into BC. Contact us to help!
July 10-15 Oregon Country Fair. Workshop, shows, signing.
Could we add a Sacramento Valley Food Not Lawns to the growing list of regional Food Not Lawns chapters in the near future??
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