




Organic Lawn Care
Helpful Sources
Beyond Pesticides
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/
Beyond Pesticides – Least Toxic Control of Pests in the Home and Garden
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/alternatives/factsheets/index.htm
Beyond Pesticides – Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/health/
Beyond Pesticides – Health Effects of 30 Commonly Used Lawn Pesticides
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/lawn/factsheets/30health.pdf
California Department of Agriculture (CDFA) Fertilizing and Materials Program
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/is/fert/
Cornell University, Department of Horticulture, Cornell Turfgrass
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/turf/
Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/
EPA
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/lawncare/
Healthy Yards, Healthy Lawns, Health Environment
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/pesticideslawn.htm
Heavy Metal Analysis in Fertilizers Distributed in Minnesota
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/chemicals/fertilizers/heavymetals.aspx
How Many Pets are Poisoned by Lawn Pesticides?
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/pets-pesticides-47010505
Is Herbicide Exposure Placing Your Pets at Risk
http://www.ecochem.com/t_lawnchemicals_pet.html
Metal Content Analysis Information (WA, OR or CA)
http://www.aapfco.org/metals.htm
Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/risk/studies/metals.html
Northeast Organic Farming Association
http://www.nofa.org/
Oregon Department of Agriculture
http://www.oda.state.or.us/dbs/heavy_metal/search.lasso
PAN Pesticide Database
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/
Pesticide Action Network North America
Pesticide, Fertilizers Mixes Linked to Range of Health Problems
http://www.pmac.net/pesticides_fertilizers.html
Rodale Institute
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/
Safe Fertilizer Information Institute
http://www.saffii.com/index.php/Safe_Fertilizer_Information_Institute_Home
Safe Lawns
http://www.safelawns.org
Safer Pest Control Project
http://www.spcpweb.org/
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Soil Food Web
http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/soil_food_web.html
University of Illinois Extension– Soil Testing Labs
http://www.urbanext.illinois.edu/soiltest/
Washington State Department of Agriculture Commercial Fertilizer Database
http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/fertilizer/
Washington State Department of Ecology Fertilizer Database
http://www.apps.ecy.wa.gov/fertilizer/index.html
Wastelands –The Threat of Toxic Fertilizers
http://www.pirg.org/toxics/reports/wastelands/





