(3466,2,'2016-10-31 14:33:23','2016-10-31 14:33:23','<img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/animal-1239219_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"animal-1239219_1920\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" />The <a href=\"http://www.midwestpesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Pesticide Action Center</a> (MPAC), the only organization based in the Midwest focused on reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by advancing safer alternatives, is concerned about some of the practices taken by the City of Chicago to abate rodents outlined by DNAInfo’s “<a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161026/beverly/chicago-puts-rats-on-notice-new-push-focus-on-killing-rodents\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Puts Rats on Notice – New Push to Focus On Killing Rodents</a>.” The practices that concern us the most include (1) the City’s use of rodenticides for their potential human health and pet effects and (2) the use of the dry ice treatment “off-label”, raising  questions regarding the practice’s legality. MPAC recommends the City increase its emphasis on prevention, before resorting to these two questionable strategies.\r\n\r\nJust like us, rats and mice are warm-blooded mammals and, therefore, the use of chemicals to kill rodents will impact our biology in similar ways. The City of Chicago uses a <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/rodent/svcs/rodent_baiting.html\" target=\"_blank\">rodent baiting system</a>, where rats will eat the rodenticide and die later. When taking the appropriate precautions, baited chemicals are unlikely to come in contact with humans and the doses used will likely have minimal effects on the average adult.  In fact, thanks to the pressure by MPAC and other like-minded organizations, manufacturers of these products have increased their safety by decreasing the likelihood of unintended contacts.\r\n\r\nHowever, dangers still persist especially for wildlife and our pets. <a href=\"http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/rodenticides.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anticoagulants are the most popular bait rodenticides</a> and work by thinning the blood and preventing blood clots of nearly all warm-blooded animals when consumed. Dogs could be at the <a href=\"http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74106.html\" target=\"_blank\">greatest risk of anticoagulant poisoning</a> with their smaller size and behavior of smelling, licking, and/or even consuming rodents or rodent carcasses.\r\n\r\nThe City of Chicago does not indicate what type of rodenticide they use on their website, but nearly all chemicals used to control rats have similar health concerns associated with their use.\r\n\r\nAs for the City’s use of dry ice, while the practice appears more environmentally friendly at first glance, the relative newness of the tactic brings a lot of uncertainty and questions about its legality.  Dry ice has been used for some years to “humanely” kill lab rats by displacing oxygen with carbon dioxide and suffocating the rats. The practice in municipalities, however, has not been implemented till as recently as <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/16/urban-war-rats-cities-turn-to-dry-ice/90409978/\" target=\"_blank\">April, 2016 by the City of Boston</a>.\r\n\r\nWe don’t know the environmental or health effects that result from placing an extremely cold, solid substance (-109 ◦F) that instantly converts to potentially hazardous carbon dioxide gas. Our sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tell us that dry ice is not a legally approved and labeled method for pest control under the <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> (FIFRA), meaning that the product cannot be used to kill pests and, also, no codes or guidelines exist for municipalities to follow when storing, handling, and applying dry ice.*\r\n\r\nAlready, we have seen the potential hazards that could result from the City implementing this practice with no codes. In a YouTube video released by USA Today titled “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxPGFazG0GU\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago battles rats with dry ice</a>” a city worker can be seen shoveling dry ice at :05 without protective eyeware and what appears to be standard work gloves.  When outlining general precautions for <a href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Publications/laboratory/OSHAquickfacts-lab-safety-cryogens-dryice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">working with dry ice in a laboratory</a>, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states “to use cryogenic gloves, which are designed specifically for working freezers below -80 ◦C and for handling containers or vials stored in these freezers” and to “always use appropriate eye protection” when handling dry ice. If mishandled or an accident takes place, dry ice can cause severe skin and eye damage to unprotected city workers.\r\n\r\nThe risks for both rodenticides and dry ice are too large at this point to warrant their use for mitigating rodents in Chicago and other urban areas. Proven methods, however, do exist to manage rat populations, starting with preventative measures that the City has identified as part of their rodent control program.\r\n\r\nEliminating access to food will best reduce habitat for rats. The City could do well by educating residents how to do their part in controlling rat populations. MPAC has successfully worked with the City before to educate the community about safe and effective pest control. Most recently, we partnered with the Chicago Park District to <a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160525/lincoln-square/seeing-dandelions-chicago-parks-thats-good-thing-city-says\" target=\"_blank\">message about dandelions</a> and provide education on <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/supp_info/bed_bug_information.html\" target=\"_blank\">bed bug control</a> that dramatically reduced complaints and improved quality of life for residents. Some preventative measures residents can take today to eradicate rats include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Frequent collection of garbage and use of tight-fitting covers to prevent access.</li>\r\n 	<li>Clean up dog droppings which are a food source for rats.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keep firewood and other outside household items off the ground to eliminate shelter opportunities.</li>\r\n 	<li>Exclude access by using chicken wire or hardware cloth in locations where rats burrow such as raised flower beds and under porches.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor more tips on rodents and other pests, please visit our website resources page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-you-can-do/all-resources/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MPACresources</a>\r\n\r\nThank you,\r\n\r\nRuth Kerzee\r\n\r\nExecutive Director\r\n\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n* FIFRA is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.','Dry ice and rodenticide use in Chicago: Is it safe, effective, and legal?','','inherit','closed','closed','','3462-revision-v1','','','2016-10-31 14:33:23','2016-10-31 14:33:23','',3462,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3462-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3467,2,'2016-10-31 14:34:36','2016-10-31 14:34:36','<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/animal-1239219_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"animal-1239219_1920\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" />The <a href=\"http://www.midwestpesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Pesticide Action Center</a> (MPAC), the only organization based in the Midwest focused on reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by advancing safer alternatives, is concerned about some of the practices taken by the City of Chicago to abate rodents outlined by DNAInfo’s “<a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161026/beverly/chicago-puts-rats-on-notice-new-push-focus-on-killing-rodents\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Puts Rats on Notice – New Push to Focus On Killing Rodents</a>.” The practices that concern us the most include (1) the City’s use of rodenticides for their potential human health and pet effects and (2) the use of the dry ice treatment “off-label”, raising  questions regarding the practice’s legality. MPAC recommends the City increase its emphasis on prevention, before resorting to these two questionable strategies.\r\n\r\nJust like us, rats and mice are warm-blooded mammals and, therefore, the use of chemicals to kill rodents will impact our biology in similar ways. The City of Chicago uses a <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/rodent/svcs/rodent_baiting.html\" target=\"_blank\">rodent baiting system</a>, where rats will eat the rodenticide and die later. When taking the appropriate precautions, baited chemicals are unlikely to come in contact with humans and the doses used will likely have minimal effects on the average adult.  In fact, thanks to the pressure by MPAC and other like-minded organizations, manufacturers of these products have increased their safety by decreasing the likelihood of unintended contacts.\r\n\r\nHowever, dangers still persist especially for wildlife and our pets. <a href=\"http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/rodenticides.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anticoagulants are the most popular bait rodenticides</a> and work by thinning the blood and preventing blood clots of nearly all warm-blooded animals when consumed. Dogs could be at the <a href=\"http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74106.html\" target=\"_blank\">greatest risk of anticoagulant poisoning</a> with their smaller size and behavior of smelling, licking, and/or even consuming rodents or rodent carcasses.\r\n\r\nThe City of Chicago does not indicate what type of rodenticide they use on their website, but nearly all chemicals used to control rats have similar health concerns associated with their use.\r\n\r\nAs for the City’s use of dry ice, while the practice appears more environmentally friendly at first glance, the relative newness of the tactic brings a lot of uncertainty and questions about its legality.  Dry ice has been used for some years to “humanely” kill lab rats by displacing oxygen with carbon dioxide and suffocating the rats. The practice in municipalities, however, has not been implemented till as recently as <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/16/urban-war-rats-cities-turn-to-dry-ice/90409978/\" target=\"_blank\">April, 2016 by the City of Boston</a>.\r\n\r\nWe don’t know the environmental or health effects that result from placing an extremely cold, solid substance (-109 ◦F) that instantly converts to potentially hazardous carbon dioxide gas. Our sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tell us that dry ice is not a legally approved and labeled method for pest control under the <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> (FIFRA), meaning that the product cannot be used to kill pests and, also, no codes or guidelines exist for municipalities to follow when storing, handling, and applying dry ice.*\r\n\r\nAlready, we have seen the potential hazards that could result from the City implementing this practice with no codes. In a YouTube video released by USA Today titled “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxPGFazG0GU\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago battles rats with dry ice</a>” a city worker can be seen shoveling dry ice at :05 without protective eyeware and what appears to be standard work gloves.  When outlining general precautions for <a href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Publications/laboratory/OSHAquickfacts-lab-safety-cryogens-dryice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">working with dry ice in a laboratory</a>, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states “to use cryogenic gloves, which are designed specifically for working freezers below -80 ◦C and for handling containers or vials stored in these freezers” and to “always use appropriate eye protection” when handling dry ice. If mishandled or an accident takes place, dry ice can cause severe skin and eye damage to unprotected city workers.\r\n\r\nThe risks for both rodenticides and dry ice are too large at this point to warrant their use for mitigating rodents in Chicago and other urban areas. Proven methods, however, do exist to manage rat populations, starting with preventative measures that the City has identified as part of their rodent control program.\r\n\r\nEliminating access to food will best reduce habitat for rats. The City could do well by educating residents how to do their part in controlling rat populations. MPAC has successfully worked with the City before to educate the community about safe and effective pest control. Most recently, we partnered with the Chicago Park District to <a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160525/lincoln-square/seeing-dandelions-chicago-parks-thats-good-thing-city-says\" target=\"_blank\">message about dandelions</a> and provide education on <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/supp_info/bed_bug_information.html\" target=\"_blank\">bed bug control</a> that dramatically reduced complaints and improved quality of life for residents. Some preventative measures residents can take today to eradicate rats include:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Frequent collection of garbage and use of tight-fitting covers to prevent access.</li>\r\n 	<li>Clean up dog droppings which are a food source for rats.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keep firewood and other outside household items off the ground to eliminate shelter opportunities.</li>\r\n 	<li>Exclude access by using chicken wire or hardware cloth in locations where rats burrow such as raised flower beds and under porches.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor more tips on rodents and other pests, please visit our website resources page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-you-can-do/all-resources/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MPACresources</a>\r\n\r\nThank you,\r\n\r\nRuth Kerzee\r\n\r\nExecutive Director\r\n\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n* FIFRA is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.','Dry ice and rodenticide use in Chicago: Is it safe, effective, and legal?','','inherit','closed','closed','','3462-revision-v1','','','2016-10-31 14:34:36','2016-10-31 14:34:36','',3462,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3462-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3468,2,'2016-10-31 14:34:58','2016-10-31 14:34:58','<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/animal-1239219_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"animal-1239219_1920\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" />The <a href=\"http://www.midwestpesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Pesticide Action Center</a> (MPAC), the only organization based in the Midwest focused on reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by advancing safer alternatives, is concerned about some of the practices taken by the City of Chicago to abate rodents outlined by DNAInfo’s “<a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161026/beverly/chicago-puts-rats-on-notice-new-push-focus-on-killing-rodents\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Puts Rats on Notice – New Push to Focus On Killing Rodents</a>.” The practices that concern us the most include (1) the City’s use of rodenticides for their potential human health and pet effects and (2) the use of the dry ice treatment “off-label”, raising  questions regarding the practice’s legality. MPAC recommends the City increase its emphasis on prevention, before resorting to these two questionable strategies.\r\n\r\nJust like us, rats and mice are warm-blooded mammals and, therefore, the use of chemicals to kill rodents will impact our biology in similar ways. The City of Chicago uses a <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/rodent/svcs/rodent_baiting.html\" target=\"_blank\">rodent baiting system</a>, where rats will eat the rodenticide and die later. When taking the appropriate precautions, baited chemicals are unlikely to come in contact with humans and the doses used will likely have minimal effects on the average adult.  In fact, thanks to the pressure by MPAC and other like-minded organizations, manufacturers of these products have increased their safety by decreasing the likelihood of unintended contacts.\r\n\r\nHowever, dangers still persist especially for wildlife and our pets. <a href=\"http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/rodenticides.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anticoagulants are the most popular bait rodenticides</a> and work by thinning the blood and preventing blood clots of nearly all warm-blooded animals when consumed. Dogs could be at the <a href=\"http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74106.html\" target=\"_blank\">greatest risk of anticoagulant poisoning</a> with their smaller size and behavior of smelling, licking, and/or even consuming rodents or rodent carcasses.\r\n\r\nThe City of Chicago does not indicate what type of rodenticide they use on their website, but nearly all chemicals used to control rats have similar health concerns associated with their use.\r\n\r\nAs for the City’s use of dry ice, while the practice appears more environmentally friendly at first glance, the relative newness of the tactic brings a lot of uncertainty and questions about its legality.  Dry ice has been used for some years to “humanely” kill lab rats by displacing oxygen with carbon dioxide and suffocating the rats. The practice in municipalities, however, has not been implemented till as recently as <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/16/urban-war-rats-cities-turn-to-dry-ice/90409978/\" target=\"_blank\">April, 2016 by the City of Boston</a>.\r\n\r\nWe don’t know the environmental or health effects that result from placing an extremely cold, solid substance (-109 ◦F) that instantly converts to potentially hazardous carbon dioxide gas. Our sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tell us that dry ice is not a legally approved and labeled method for pest control under the <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> (FIFRA), meaning that the product cannot be used to kill pests and, also, no codes or guidelines exist for municipalities to follow when storing, handling, and applying dry ice.*\r\n\r\nAlready, we have seen the potential hazards that could result from the City implementing this practice with no codes. In a YouTube video released by USA Today titled “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxPGFazG0GU\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago battles rats with dry ice</a>” a city worker can be seen shoveling dry ice at :05 without protective eyeware and what appears to be standard work gloves.  When outlining general precautions for <a href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Publications/laboratory/OSHAquickfacts-lab-safety-cryogens-dryice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">working with dry ice in a laboratory</a>, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states “to use cryogenic gloves, which are designed specifically for working freezers below -80 ◦C and for handling containers or vials stored in these freezers” and to “always use appropriate eye protection” when handling dry ice. If mishandled or an accident takes place, dry ice can cause severe skin and eye damage to unprotected city workers.\r\n\r\nThe risks for both rodenticides and dry ice are too large at this point to warrant their use for mitigating rodents in Chicago and other urban areas. Proven methods, however, do exist to manage rat populations, starting with preventative measures that the City has identified as part of their rodent control program.\r\n\r\nEliminating access to food will best reduce habitat for rats. The City could do well by educating residents how to do their part in controlling rat populations. MPAC has successfully worked with the City before to educate the community about safe and effective pest control. Most recently, we partnered with the Chicago Park District to <a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160525/lincoln-square/seeing-dandelions-chicago-parks-thats-good-thing-city-says\" target=\"_blank\">message about dandelions</a> and provide education on <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/supp_info/bed_bug_information.html\" target=\"_blank\">bed bug control</a> that dramatically reduced complaints and improved quality of life for residents. Some preventative measures residents can take today to eradicate rats include:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Frequent collection of garbage and use of tight-fitting covers to prevent access.</li>\r\n 	<li>Clean up dog droppings which are a food source for rats.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keep firewood and other outside household items off the ground to eliminate shelter opportunities.</li>\r\n 	<li>Exclude access by using chicken wire or hardware cloth in locations where rats burrow such as raised flower beds and under porches.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nFor more tips on rodents and other pests, please visit our website resources page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-you-can-do/all-resources/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MPACresources</a>\r\n\r\nThank you,\r\n\r\nRuth Kerzee\r\n\r\nExecutive Director\r\n\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n* FIFRA is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.','Dry ice and rodenticide use in Chicago: Is it safe, effective, and legal?','','inherit','closed','closed','','3462-revision-v1','','','2016-10-31 14:34:58','2016-10-31 14:34:58','',3462,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3462-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3469,2,'2016-10-31 14:36:54','2016-10-31 14:36:54','<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/animal-1239219_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"animal-1239219_1920\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" />The <a href=\"http://www.midwestpesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Pesticide Action Center</a> (MPAC), the only organization based in the Midwest focused on reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by advancing safer alternatives, is concerned about some of the practices taken by the City of Chicago to abate rodents outlined by DNAInfo’s “<a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161026/beverly/chicago-puts-rats-on-notice-new-push-focus-on-killing-rodents\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Puts Rats on Notice – New Push to Focus On Killing Rodents</a>.” The practices that concern us the most include (1) the City’s use of rodenticides for their potential human health and pet effects and (2) the use of the dry ice treatment “off-label”, raising  questions regarding the practice’s legality. MPAC recommends the City increase its emphasis on prevention, before resorting to these two questionable strategies.\r\n\r\nJust like us, rats and mice are warm-blooded mammals and, therefore, the use of chemicals to kill rodents will impact our biology in similar ways. The City of Chicago uses a <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/rodent/svcs/rodent_baiting.html\" target=\"_blank\">rodent baiting system</a>, where rats will eat the rodenticide and die later. When taking the appropriate precautions, baited chemicals are unlikely to come in contact with humans and the doses used will likely have minimal effects on the average adult.  In fact, thanks to the pressure by MPAC and other like-minded organizations, manufacturers of these products have increased their safety by decreasing the likelihood of unintended contacts.\r\n\r\nHowever, dangers still persist especially for wildlife and our pets. <a href=\"http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/rodenticides.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anticoagulants are the most popular bait rodenticides</a> and work by thinning the blood and preventing blood clots of nearly all warm-blooded animals when consumed. Dogs could be at the <a href=\"http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74106.html\" target=\"_blank\">greatest risk of anticoagulant poisoning</a> with their smaller size and behavior of smelling, licking, and/or even consuming rodents or rodent carcasses.\r\n\r\nThe City of Chicago does not indicate what type of rodenticide they use on their website, but nearly all chemicals used to control rats have similar health concerns associated with their use.\r\n\r\nAs for the City’s use of dry ice, while the practice appears more environmentally friendly at first glance, the relative newness of the tactic brings a lot of uncertainty and questions about its legality.  Dry ice has been used for some years to “humanely” kill lab rats by displacing oxygen with carbon dioxide and suffocating the rats. The practice in municipalities, however, has not been implemented till as recently as <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/16/urban-war-rats-cities-turn-to-dry-ice/90409978/\" target=\"_blank\">April, 2016 by the City of Boston</a>.\r\n\r\nWe don’t know the environmental or health effects that result from placing an extremely cold, solid substance (-109 ◦F) that instantly converts to potentially hazardous carbon dioxide gas. Our sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tell us that dry ice is not a legally approved and labeled method for pest control under the <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> (FIFRA), meaning that the product cannot be used to kill pests and, also, no codes or guidelines exist for municipalities to follow when storing, handling, and applying dry ice.*\r\n\r\nAlready, we have seen the potential hazards that could result from the City implementing this practice with no codes. In a YouTube video released by USA Today titled “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxPGFazG0GU\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago battles rats with dry ice</a>” a city worker can be seen shoveling dry ice at :05 without protective eyeware and what appears to be standard work gloves.  When outlining general precautions for <a href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Publications/laboratory/OSHAquickfacts-lab-safety-cryogens-dryice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">working with dry ice in a laboratory</a>, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states “to use cryogenic gloves, which are designed specifically for working freezers below -80 ◦C and for handling containers or vials stored in these freezers” and to “always use appropriate eye protection” when handling dry ice. If mishandled or an accident takes place, dry ice can cause severe skin and eye damage to unprotected city workers.\r\n\r\nThe risks for both rodenticides and dry ice are too large at this point to warrant their use for mitigating rodents in Chicago and other urban areas. Proven methods, however, do exist to manage rat populations, starting with preventative measures that the City has identified as part of their rodent control program.\r\n\r\nEliminating access to food will best reduce habitat for rats. The City could do well by educating residents how to do their part in controlling rat populations. MPAC has successfully worked with the City before to educate the community about safe and effective pest control. Most recently, we partnered with the Chicago Park District to <a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160525/lincoln-square/seeing-dandelions-chicago-parks-thats-good-thing-city-says\" target=\"_blank\">message about dandelions</a> and provide education on <a href=\"https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/supp_info/bed_bug_information.html\" target=\"_blank\">bed bug control</a> that dramatically reduced complaints and improved quality of life for residents. Some preventative measures residents can take today to eradicate rats include:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Frequent collection of garbage and use of tight-fitting covers to prevent access.</li>\r\n 	<li>Clean up dog droppings which are a food source for rats.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keep firewood and other outside household items off the ground to eliminate shelter opportunities.</li>\r\n 	<li>Exclude access by using chicken wire or hardware cloth in locations where rats burrow such as raised flower beds and under porches.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nFor more tips on rodents and other pests, please visit our website resources page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-you-can-do/all-resources/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MPACresources</a>\r\n\r\nThank you,\r\n\r\nRuth Kerzee\r\nExecutive Director\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center\r\n\r\n* FIFRA is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.','Dry ice and rodenticide use in Chicago: Is it safe, effective, and legal?','','inherit','closed','closed','','3462-revision-v1','','','2016-10-31 14:36:54','2016-10-31 14:36:54','',3462,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3462-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3470,2,'2016-11-01 19:11:10','2016-11-01 19:11:10','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, Associate Professor at Benedictine University, runs down the environmental and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides.<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Available from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201. Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763. Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','publish','closed','open','','top-ten-reasons-not-to-poison-your-lawn','','http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\nhttp://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\nhttp://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/','2016-11-02 21:47:05','2016-11-02 21:47:05','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/?p=3470',0,'post','',0),(3471,2,'2016-11-01 18:21:00','2016-11-01 18:21:00','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\">pretty and edible</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n4.Pesticidescan cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</li>\r\n 	<li>Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n3.Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP)identifylandscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\r\n\r\nThree overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a>2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 18:21:00','2016-11-01 18:21:00','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3472,2,'2016-11-01 18:40:46','2016-11-01 18:40:46','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</li>\r\n 	<li>Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\nThree overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 18:40:46','2016-11-01 18:40:46','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3473,2,'2016-11-01 18:42:08','2016-11-01 18:42:08','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</li>\r\n 	<li>Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\r\n\r\nThree overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThree overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 18:42:08','2016-11-01 18:42:08','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3474,2,'2016-11-01 18:44:06','2016-11-01 18:44:06','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</li>\r\n 	<li>Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 18:44:06','2016-11-01 18:44:06','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3475,2,'2016-11-01 18:45:31','2016-11-01 18:45:31','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</li>\r\n 	<li>Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).\"</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 18:45:31','2016-11-01 18:45:31','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3476,2,'2016-11-01 19:01:19','2016-11-01 19:01:19','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</li>\r\n 	<li>Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</li>\r\n 	<li>Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\r\n\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma. (Roberts and Carr 2012).\"</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:01:19','2016-11-01 19:01:19','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3477,2,'2016-11-01 19:09:45','2016-11-01 19:09:45','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:09:45','2016-11-01 19:09:45','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3478,2,'2016-11-01 19:10:44','2016-11-01 19:10:44','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:10:44','2016-11-01 19:10:44','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3479,2,'2016-11-01 19:11:02','2016-11-01 19:11:02','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\r\n\r\n\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:11:02','2016-11-01 19:11:02','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3480,2,'2016-11-01 19:11:10','2016-11-01 19:11:10','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:11:10','2016-11-01 19:11:10','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3482,2,'2016-11-01 19:11:38','2016-11-01 19:11:38','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\r\n\r\n\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:11:38','2016-11-01 19:11:38','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3483,2,'2016-11-01 19:13:42','2016-11-01 19:13:42','','fact-10-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-10-pic','','','2016-11-01 19:13:42','2016-11-01 19:13:42','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3484,2,'2016-11-01 19:17:15','2016-11-01 19:17:15','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:17:15','2016-11-01 19:17:15','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3485,2,'2016-11-02 14:03:06','2016-11-02 14:03:06','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, Associate Professor at Benedictine University, runs down the environmental and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\n</ol>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\n</ol>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\n</ol>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\n</ol>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\n</ol>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\n</ol>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\n</ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n<ol start=\"2\">\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\n</ol>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\n<ol>\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides.<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\n\nReferences\n\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\n\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\n\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\n\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Available from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\n\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\n\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\n\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\n\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\n\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-autosave-v1','','','2016-11-02 14:03:06','2016-11-02 14:03:06','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3486,2,'2016-11-01 19:42:45','2016-11-01 19:42:45','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 19:42:45','2016-11-01 19:42:45','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3487,2,'2016-11-01 19:55:17','2016-11-01 19:55:17','','fact-9-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-9-pic','','','2016-11-01 19:55:17','2016-11-01 19:55:17','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3488,2,'2016-11-01 19:56:42','2016-11-01 19:56:42','','fact-6-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-6-pic','','','2016-11-01 19:56:42','2016-11-01 19:56:42','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3489,2,'2016-11-01 19:57:07','2016-11-01 19:57:07','','fact-8-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-8-pic','','','2016-11-01 19:57:07','2016-11-01 19:57:07','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3490,2,'2016-11-01 19:59:31','2016-11-01 19:59:31','','fact-5-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-5-pic','','','2016-11-01 19:59:31','2016-11-01 19:59:31','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3491,2,'2016-11-01 20:00:46','2016-11-01 20:00:46','','fact-2-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-2-pic','','','2016-11-01 20:00:46','2016-11-01 20:00:46','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3492,2,'2016-11-01 20:00:59','2016-11-01 20:00:59','','fact-1-pic','','inherit','closed','closed','','fact-1-pic','','','2016-11-01 20:00:59','2016-11-01 20:00:59','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3493,2,'2016-11-01 20:01:45','2016-11-01 20:01:45','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3487\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"671\" height=\"447\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3491\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"593\" height=\"367\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:01:45','2016-11-01 20:01:45','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3494,2,'2016-11-01 20:07:06','2016-11-01 20:07:06','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3491\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"593\" height=\"367\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:07:06','2016-11-01 20:07:06','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3495,2,'2016-11-01 20:08:50','2016-11-01 20:08:50','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:08:50','2016-11-01 20:08:50','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3496,2,'2016-11-01 20:09:42','2016-11-01 20:09:42','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:09:42','2016-11-01 20:09:42','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3497,2,'2016-11-01 20:13:11','2016-11-01 20:13:11','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\">\r\n\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.\r\n\r\n</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\">\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:13:11','2016-11-01 20:13:11','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3498,2,'2016-11-01 20:14:22','2016-11-01 20:14:22','Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, teaches literature and environment at Benedictine University. You can find her blog at <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\">http://www.poisoningchildren.com/</a>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></i>&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than 200 toxic chemicals each, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">(Goodman, 2009).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:14:22','2016-11-01 20:14:22','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3499,2,'2016-11-01 20:19:13','2016-11-01 20:19:13','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, literature and environment professor Benedictine University runs down the environment and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:19:13','2016-11-01 20:19:13','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3500,2,'2016-11-01 20:42:53','2016-11-01 20:42:53','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, literature and environment professor Benedictine University runs down the environment and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 20:42:53','2016-11-01 20:42:53','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3501,2,'2016-11-01 21:01:04','2016-11-01 21:01:04','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, literature and environment professor at Benedictine University runs down the environment and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 21:01:04','2016-11-01 21:01:04','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3502,2,'2016-11-01 21:08:41','2016-11-01 21:08:41','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, literature and environment professor at Benedictine University runs down the environmental and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-01 21:08:41','2016-11-01 21:08:41','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3503,2,'2016-11-02 14:01:59','2016-11-02 14:01:59','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, Associate Professor at Benedictine University, runs down the environmental and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Retrieved from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201.Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763.Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-02 14:01:59','2016-11-02 14:01:59','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3504,2,'2016-11-02 14:03:47','2016-11-02 14:03:47','<h3>Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, Associate Professor at Benedictine University, runs down the environmental and health concerns of synthetic lawn pesticides.</h3>\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dealing-with-dandelions/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty and edible</a>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3483 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-10-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-10-pic\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n 	<li>Dandelions are good food for bees, <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\">which are struggling</a>.<img class=\"wp-image-3487 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-9-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-9-pic\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides are harmful to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/environment/\">wildlife</a>, particularly amphibians.\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3489 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-8-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-8-pic\" width=\"229\" height=\"254\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n 	<li>Lawn chemicals are expensive and consume <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-we-do/reducing-climate-impact/\">fossil fuels</a>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides have been shown to cross the placenta and contaminate breast milk (Anderson et al 2000; Landrigan et al 2002).\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3488 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-6-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-6-pic\" width=\"264\" height=\"394\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n 	<li>Ma et al (2002) showed a link between maternal exposures to pesticides and childhood leukemia.<img class=\" wp-image-3490 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-5-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-5-pic\" width=\"361\" height=\"363\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li>Pesticides can cause IQ losses, learning disabilities, and autism:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Recent studies have shown that we are systematically lowering our children’s IQs by exposing them to pesticides, particularly organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Bouchard 2011; Engel 2011; Rauh 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children exposed before birth to organophosphate pesticides at the highest level – the highest 20% -- tested 7.0 IQ points lower than children exposed at the lowest level – the lowest 20% (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Children in the lowest 20% of exposure are not at zero, or even non-testable levels.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  An estimated one fourth of all American children lose IQ points to pesticide exposures – an estimated 16 million IQ points total (Bouchard 2011).</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Studies have repeatedly linked pesticides to autism and ADHD.</i></li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\">  Right now, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 166 just a few years ago.</i></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li>Both <a href=\"http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The President\'s Cancer Panel </a>and <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\" target=\"_blank\">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) identify landscape chemicals as significant contributors to childhood illness and death. The AAP is quite blunt in its assessment:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<ol>\r\n<ol>\"Three overarching principles can be identified: (1) pesticide exposures are common and cause both acute and chronic effects; (2) pediatricians need to be knowledgeable in pesticide identification, counseling, and management; and (3) governmental actions to improve pesticide safety are needed.... Chronic toxicity end points identified in epidemiologic studies include adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, and congenital anomalies, pediatric cancers, neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, and asthma.\" (Roberts and Carr 2012).</ol>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li>Many childhood health harms tied to pesticide exposure are on the rise (<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\" target=\"_blank\">PANNA</a> 2013)<img class=\" wp-image-3491 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-2-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-2-pic\" width=\"461\" height=\"285\" /></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\"></div>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Every infant now born is pre-polluted with more than <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\" target=\"_blank\">200 toxic chemicals each</a>, including many pesticides.<a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fact-1-pic.jpg\" alt=\"fact-1-pic\" width=\"299\" height=\"445\" /></a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Jean-Marie, also, writes for her blog <a href=\"http://www.poisoningchildren.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.poisoningchildren.com</a></em>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nAnderson HA, Wolff MS. Environmental contaminants in human milk. 2000. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10 Suppl 6:755-760.\r\n\r\nBouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calderon N, Trujillo C, Johnson C, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B.   2011 Aug. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 119(8): 1189-1195.\r\n\r\nEngel SM, Wetmur J, Chen J, Zhu C, Barr DB, Canfield RL, et al. 2011.   Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1 and cognitive development in childhood. Environ Health Perspect 119:1182-1188.\r\n\r\nGoodman S. 2009. Tests find more than 200 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. Scientific American. Available from <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/\">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/</a>\r\n\r\nLandrigan PJ, Sonawane B, Mattison D, McCally M, Garg A. 2002. Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children\'s Health: An Overview. Environ Health Perspect110(6):A313-A315. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240884/</a>\r\n\r\nMa X, Buffler PA, Gunier RB, Dahl G, Smith MT, Reinier K, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia. Environ Health Perspec110(9):955-960. Available from <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240997/</a>\r\n\r\nPesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). 2013. A generation in jeopardy. PANNA. Available from <a href=\"http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy\">http://www.panna.org/resources/publication-report/report-generation-jeopardy</a>\r\n\r\nRauh V, Arundjadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr DB, et al. 2011. Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide. Environ Health Perspect 119:1196-1201. Available from http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003160/\r\n\r\nRoberts JR, Carr CJ. 2012. Policy statement: Pesticide exposure in children. American Academy of Pediatrics 130(6):e1757-1763. Available from <a href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757\">http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757</a>','Top Ten Reasons Not to Poison Your Lawn','','inherit','closed','closed','','3470-revision-v1','','','2016-11-02 14:03:47','2016-11-02 14:03:47','',3470,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3507,2,'2016-11-15 21:12:20','2016-11-15 21:12:20','<h1><a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/takethepledge_banner.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3039\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/takethepledge_banner.jpg\" alt=\"takethepledge_banner\" width=\"2084\" height=\"730\" /></a></h1>\r\nMore and more, MPAC receives your concerns about reducing the use of potentially harmful gardening and lawn care chemicals in our lawns, parks, and other public places. We want to turn your concerns into action by creating a community of informed citizens ready to organize and advocate for more natural lawn care practices at home and Midwest-wide.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2279 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy taking this Midwest Grows Green (MGG) pledge, you join an online, engaged network of citizens prepared to eliminate synthetic chemical use on your own lawn and/or garden and at all locations where children, pets, and wildlife live and play. Will you join us?\r\n\r\nYour commitment today gives you access to natural lawn care resources, advocacy support, and event updates from our monthly newsletter and adds your name to this growing effort as MGG recruits more pesticide-free parks, point-of-purchase retailers, and <a href=\"http://bit.ly/MGGplmap\" target=\"_blank\">pledges</a>.\r\n<h2 class=\"pledge-heading\">I am ready to take the pledge to reduce the use of harmful lawn and garden chemicals!</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o fa-2x\"></i>I pledge to participate in this MGG community and push for synthetic chemical reduction at all places where children, pets, and wildlife live and play.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o fa-2x\"></i>I pledge to eliminate the use of herbicides such as glyphosate (Round Up), 2,4 D, and/or “weed and feed” products on my lawn and in my garden.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o fa-2x\"></i>I pledge to adopt one or more of the following natural lawn care practices:\r\n<ul class=\"pledge-nest\">\r\n 	<li>Mow high: I will mow my grass to no less than 3 inches.</li>\r\n 	<li>Water Properly: I will water my lawn with no more than 1 inch per week.</li>\r\n 	<li>Fertilize organically: I will use only naturally derived organic fertilizers on my lawn and garden such as compost, compost tea, alfalfa meal, etc.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->\r\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\"><form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"//midwestpesticideaction.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=1a20e747b9a38f4e966cf07e2&amp;id=c7390a996c\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\r\n<h2>Fill out the information below to take the pledge.</h2>\r\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"><span class=\"asterisk\">*</span> indicates required</div>\r\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-FNAME\">First Name <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-FNAME\" class=\"required\" name=\"FNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-LNAME\">Last Name <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-LNAME\" class=\"required\" name=\"LNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" />\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-address-group\">\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr1\">Street Address </label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr1\" maxlength=\"70\" name=\"SADDRESS[addr1]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr2\">Address Line 2</label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr2\" maxlength=\"70\" name=\"SADDRESS[addr2]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-city\">City</label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-city\" maxlength=\"40\" name=\"SADDRESS[city]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-state\">State/Province/Region</label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-state\" maxlength=\"20\" name=\"SADDRESS[state]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-ZIP\">Zip Code <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-ZIP\" class=\"required\" name=\"ZIP\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div style=\"position: absolute; 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color: #666666;\" data-ng-if=\"vm.campaign.content.tagline\">Our goal is to establish 10 pesticide-free parks, 30 point-of-purchase retailers, and 200 MGG pledges by the end of 2016. We need your support.</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagline ng-binding ng-scope\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\" data-ng-if=\"vm.campaign.content.tagline\"><a href=\" http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/community-engagement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/community-engagement/\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2389 size-medium\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/KeepOnGrass_sign_generic1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"KeepOnGrass_sign_generic\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"pledge-donate\">\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$10 I want a “Keep ON the Grass” sign!*</li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$20 I want a point-of-purchase retailer!</li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$30 I want to put on an MGG event!</li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$50 I want a Pesticide Free Park!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<div class=\"pledge-button\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https://publicgood.com/org/midwest-pesticide-action-center-nfp-chicago-il-364361525/campaign/help-spread-the-mgg-message\" target=\"_blank\">DONATE</a></div>\r\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*Donate $10+ and you\'ll receive a \"Keep ON the Grass\" sign.','Take the Pledge','','inherit','closed','closed','','2929-revision-v1','','','2016-11-15 21:12:20','2016-11-15 21:12:20','',2929,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2929-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3508,2,'2016-11-15 21:19:27','2016-11-15 21:19:27','<h1><a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/takethepledge_banner.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3039\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/takethepledge_banner.jpg\" alt=\"takethepledge_banner\" width=\"2084\" height=\"730\" /></a></h1>\r\nMore and more, MPAC receives your concerns about reducing the use of potentially harmful gardening and lawn care chemicals in our lawns, parks, and other public places. We want to turn your concerns into action by creating a community of informed citizens ready to organize and advocate for more natural lawn care practices at home and Midwest-wide.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2279 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy taking this Midwest Grows Green (MGG) pledge, you join an online, engaged network of citizens prepared to eliminate synthetic chemical use on your own lawn and/or garden and at all locations where children, pets, and wildlife live and play. Will you join us?\r\n\r\nYour commitment today gives you access to natural lawn care resources, advocacy support, and event updates from our monthly newsletter and adds your name to this growing effort as MGG recruits more pesticide-free parks, point-of-purchase retailers, and <a href=\"http://bit.ly/MGGplmap\" target=\"_blank\">pledges</a>.\r\n<h2 class=\"pledge-heading\">I am ready to take the pledge to reduce the use of harmful lawn and garden chemicals!</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o fa-2x\"></i>I pledge to participate in this MGG community and push for synthetic chemical reduction at all places where children, pets, and wildlife live and play.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o fa-2x\"></i>I pledge to reduce my use of herbicide products such as glyphosate (Round Up), 2,4 D, and/or “weed and feed”.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o fa-2x\"></i>I pledge to adopt one or more of the following natural lawn care practices:\r\n<ul class=\"pledge-nest\">\r\n 	<li>Mow high: I will mow my grass to no less than 3 inches.</li>\r\n 	<li>Water Properly: I will water my lawn with no more than 1 inch per week.</li>\r\n 	<li>Fertilize organically: I will use only naturally derived organic fertilizers on my lawn and garden such as compost, compost tea, alfalfa meal, etc.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->\r\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\"><form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"//midwestpesticideaction.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=1a20e747b9a38f4e966cf07e2&amp;id=c7390a996c\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\r\n<h2>Fill out the information below to take the pledge.</h2>\r\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"><span class=\"asterisk\">*</span> indicates required</div>\r\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-FNAME\">First Name <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-FNAME\" class=\"required\" name=\"FNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-LNAME\">Last Name <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-LNAME\" class=\"required\" name=\"LNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" />\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-address-group\">\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr1\">Street Address </label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr1\" maxlength=\"70\" name=\"SADDRESS[addr1]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr2\">Address Line 2</label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-addr2\" maxlength=\"70\" name=\"SADDRESS[addr2]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-city\">City</label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-city\" maxlength=\"40\" name=\"SADDRESS[city]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"><label for=\"mce-SADDRESS-state\">State/Province/Region</label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-SADDRESS-state\" maxlength=\"20\" name=\"SADDRESS[state]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-ZIP\">Zip Code <span class=\"asterisk\">*</span></label>\r\n<input id=\"mce-ZIP\" class=\"required\" name=\"ZIP\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\"><input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_1a20e747b9a38f4e966cf07e2_c7390a996c\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" /></div>\r\n<div class=\"pledge-subscribe-button\">\r\n<div class=\"clear\"><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</form></div>\r\n<script src=\"//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js\"></script><script>// <![CDATA[\r\n(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]=\'EMAIL\';ftypes[0]=\'email\';fnames[1]=\'FNAME\';ftypes[1]=\'text\';fnames[2]=\'LNAME\';ftypes[2]=\'text\';fnames[3]=\'SADDRESS\';ftypes[3]=\'address\';fnames[5]=\'CITY\';ftypes[5]=\'address\';fnames[4]=\'ZIP\';ftypes[4]=\'zip\';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n<!--End mc_embed_signup-->\r\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<p class=\"donate-paragraph\"><strong>Donate $10+  below and you\'ll receive a \"Keep ON the Grass\" sign.</strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"pledge-heading\">Donate</h2>\r\n<p class=\"tagline ng-binding ng-scope\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\" data-ng-if=\"vm.campaign.content.tagline\">Our goal is to establish 10 pesticide-free parks, 30 point-of-purchase retailers, and 200 MGG pledges by the end of 2016. We need your support.</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagline ng-binding ng-scope\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\" data-ng-if=\"vm.campaign.content.tagline\"><a href=\" http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/community-engagement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/community-engagement/\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2389 size-medium\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/KeepOnGrass_sign_generic1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"KeepOnGrass_sign_generic\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"pledge-donate\">\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$10 I want a “Keep ON the Grass” sign!*</li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$20 I want a point-of-purchase retailer!</li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$30 I want to put on an MGG event!</li>\r\n 	<li><i class=\"fa fa-leaf\"></i>$50 I want a Pesticide Free Park!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<div class=\"pledge-button\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https://publicgood.com/org/midwest-pesticide-action-center-nfp-chicago-il-364361525/campaign/help-spread-the-mgg-message\" target=\"_blank\">DONATE</a></div>\r\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*Donate $10+ and you\'ll receive a \"Keep ON the Grass\" sign.','Take the Pledge','','inherit','closed','closed','','2929-revision-v1','','','2016-11-15 21:19:27','2016-11-15 21:19:27','',2929,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2929-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3509,2,'2016-11-16 17:24:49','2016-11-16 17:24:49','','midwest_lawncare_website_updated','','inherit','closed','closed','','midwest_lawncare_website_updated','','','2016-11-16 17:24:49','2016-11-16 17:24:49','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Midwest_Lawncare_Website_updated.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(3510,2,'2016-11-16 17:30:18','2016-11-16 17:30:18','<h2>Resources</h2>\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center has developed a number of toolkits, guides, and factsheets to help you reduce your exposure to pesticides. Our information empowers renters, homeowners, managers, parents, and decision-makers to make smart decisions that lead to healthier communities.\r\n\r\nContinue reading<a name=\"Features\"></a> for: <a href=\"#Features\">Feature Publications</a>, <a href=\"#Home\">In Your Home</a>, <a href=\"#Community\">In Your Community</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3>Feature Publications</h3>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<strong>Activist’s Toolkit: </strong>The basics of natural lawn care, health benefits of switching to natural lawn care, and practical tools and example documents to use during a campaign.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Activists-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Activists Toolkit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit:</strong> Information about pesticide reduction as a sustainable cost effective choice for municipal operations.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Toolkit-4-21-2014-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Midwest Grows Green: A Guide to Growing an Environmentally-Friendly Lawn &amp; Garden: </strong>Reduce your contribution to climate change, help your lawn and garden adapt to a changing environment, and produce beautiful outdoor spaces.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WOY_Midwest_Grows_Green_Guide-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green Guide</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<strong>Human Health and Pesticides: Glyphosate and 2,4-D:</strong> This white paper discusses the common active ingredients in lawn pesticides of Glyphosate and 2,4-D and their human health impacts.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MPAC_WhitePaper-final-12.11.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Human Health and Pesticides White Paper</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Resource Guide for Integrated Pest Management in Schools/Childcares:</strong> The materials your school needs to put an IPM program in place, including sample policies, forms and protocol.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for IPM in Schools and Childcares</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Battling Bed Bugs in Chicago: </strong>View our bed bug policy, which demonstrates the necessity of taking action on this issue.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WIH_MPAC-Battling-Bed-Bugs-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Battling Bed Bugs in Chicago: Making the Case for a Comprehensive Plan</a>\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n<a name=\"Home\"></a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\nThe following publications are also available for download. Some publications offer downloads in multiple languages. <span class=\"orange\">Click or tap a title to start download.</span>\r\n<h3>In Your Home</h3>\r\n<h4>Indoors</h4>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Ordinance Essentials\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Ordinance for Tenants English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_Arabic1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Arabic</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_Burmese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Burmese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Chicago-Tenants-Rights-and-Responsibilities-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Tenants Rights and Responsibilities English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Chicago-Tenants-Rights-and-Responsibilities-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Checklist for Tenants English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-Spanish1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Tenants-Checklist-Chinese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-Polish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-How-Do-I-Know-Im-Receiving-IPM-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I Know I\'m Receiving IPM Factsheet</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WI_MPAC-10-Steps-to-Pest-Control.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">10 Steps to Pest Control English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-10-Steps-to-Pest-Control-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/WI_MPAC-Pest-Control-Companies-That-Provide-IPM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pest Control Companies That Provide IPM</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Ants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ants</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Cockroaches.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cockroaches</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Mice-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mice</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a>\r\n<h4>Outdoors</h4>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Products for Your Natural Lawn</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-NLC-Calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Lawn Care Calendar</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/MPAC-Natural-Lawn-Care-for-Homeowners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Lawn Care for Homeowners</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Read-Your-Weeds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read Your Weeds</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Mosquito-Misters-What-You-Need-to-Know.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mosquito Misters: What You Need to Know</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Complete-Mosquito-Factsheet-Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mosquitos and West Nile Virus</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MPAC-Pets-and-Pesticides-TU.pdf\" target=\"blank\">Pets and Pesticides</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Asthma-Pests-and-Pesticides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Asthma, Pests, and Pesticides</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Truth-About-Head-Lice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Truth About Head Lice</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Reasonable-Accomodations-for-Renters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reasonable Accommodations for Renters with Pest Problems</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bugs English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Chinese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Polish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-all-vols-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter All Volumes</a><a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 13\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BiteBack_Spring14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 13\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BiteBack_vol14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.14</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 15\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-newsletters-Vol.-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.15</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 16\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-newsletter-Vol.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.16</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 16\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BiteBack_Summer16-vol.-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.17</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bedbugs-Poster-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Bed Bug Poster English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Bedbugs-Poster-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Landlords-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Checklist for Landlords English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Landlords-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WIH_MPAC-How-to-Hire-a-PCO-For-BB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to Hire a Pest Control Operator For Bed Bugs</a>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Bee-Friendly Garden is a Pesticide-Free Garden</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MWGG_Brochure_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green Brochure</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Talking-to-Your-Neighbors-About-Pesticides1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Talking to Your Neighbors About Pesticides</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Pesticide-Free-Zone-Sign-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Free Zone Sign</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WOY_MPAC-Pesticide-Free-Zone-Sign-order-form-color.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Free Zone Sign Order Form</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Midwest_Lawncare_Website_updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Natural Lawn Care Companies</a>\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3>In Your Community</h3>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Activists-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Activist\'s Toolkit</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Toolkit-4-21-2014-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for IPM in Schools and Childcares</a><strong>\r\n</strong><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Healthy-Parks-Campaign.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Parks Campaign</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ParentsRight-to-Know-NotificationGuidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Parents\' Right to Know Notification Guidelines English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ParentsRight-to-Know-NotificationGuidelines-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Reducing-Pesticides-in-Schools-a-Parents-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reducing Pesticides in Schools: A Parent\'s Guide</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bugs in Schools and Childcares\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WOY_MPAC-Pesticide-Disposal-The-Right-Way.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Disposal the Right Way</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half_last]','Resources','','inherit','closed','closed','','119-revision-v1','','','2016-11-16 17:30:18','2016-11-16 17:30:18','',119,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/119-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3511,2,'2016-11-23 16:29:12','2016-11-23 16:29:12','<h1>Jobs and Internships at Midwest Pesticide Action Center</h1>\r\n<h2>Jobs</h2>\r\nCurrently no jobs available.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h2>Internships</h2>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMPAC welcomes interns from all fields of study and backgrounds with an interest in our work. Applicants are considered throughout the year for internships typically starting in January, June, and September.\r\n\r\nPlease send a cover letter and resume to Midwest Pesticide Action Center at:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\">general@pesticideaction.org</a> or,<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Intern-Webpage.pdf\">\r\n</a>\r\n\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center\r\n35 E. Wacker Dr. Ste. 1600\r\nChicago, IL 60601.\r\n\r\n<strong>For more information on our internship program, <a class=\"more\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Intern-Webpage.pdf\">click here.</a> </strong>','Career Opportunities','','inherit','closed','closed','','1260-revision-v1','','','2016-11-23 16:29:12','2016-11-23 16:29:12','',1260,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/1260-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3513,2,'2016-11-28 20:08:54','2016-11-28 20:08:54','On October 28th, 2016 MPAC\'s Executive Director Ruth Kerzee <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dry-ice-and-rodenticide-use-in-chicago-is-it-safe-effective-and-legal/\" target=\"_blank\">raised legality concerns</a> about the City of Chicago\'s use of  dry ice to control rat populations.   In early November, the EPA alerted the cities of Chicago, Boston, and New York that the practice of using dry ice to kill rats was not a registered rat control measure under the <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> and, therefore, prohibited to use for rat control. USA Today\'s Aamer Madhani featured Ruth Kerzee\'s comments in his coverage of the issue <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/11/23/epa-big-cities-stop-killing-rats-dry-ice/94337366/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\r\n\r\nMPAC supports an integrated pest management (IPM) approach for pest problems such as rats that addresses the root cause of the pest or weed\'s existence by minimizing access to food, water, and/or hiding places.  To learn more about IPM for rats and other pest problems, visit our <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-you-can-do/all-resources/\" target=\"_blank\">Resources page</a>.','MPAC\'s concerns about City of Chicago\'s use of dry ice for rat control featured in USA Today','','publish','closed','open','','mpacs-concerns-about-city-of-chicagos-use-of-dry-ice-for-rat-control-featured-in-usa-today','','\nhttp://midwestpesticideaction.org/dry-ice-and-rodenticide-use-in-chicago-is-it-safe-effective-and-legal/','2016-11-28 20:08:54','2016-11-28 20:08:54','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/?p=3513',0,'post','',0),(3514,2,'2016-11-28 20:08:54','2016-11-28 20:08:54','On October 28th, 2016 MPAC\'s Executive Director Ruth Kerzee <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/dry-ice-and-rodenticide-use-in-chicago-is-it-safe-effective-and-legal/\" target=\"_blank\">raised legality concerns</a> about the City of Chicago\'s use of  dry ice to control rat populations.   In early November, the EPA alerted the cities of Chicago, Boston, and New York that the practice of using dry ice to kill rats was not a registered rat control measure under the <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> and, therefore, prohibited to use for rat control. USA Today\'s Aamer Madhani featured Ruth Kerzee\'s comments in his coverage of the issue <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/11/23/epa-big-cities-stop-killing-rats-dry-ice/94337366/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\r\n\r\nMPAC supports an integrated pest management (IPM) approach for pest problems such as rats that addresses the root cause of the pest or weed\'s existence by minimizing access to food, water, and/or hiding places.  To learn more about IPM for rats and other pest problems, visit our <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/what-you-can-do/all-resources/\" target=\"_blank\">Resources page</a>.','MPAC\'s concerns about City of Chicago\'s use of dry ice for rat control featured in USA Today','','inherit','closed','closed','','3513-revision-v1','','','2016-11-28 20:08:54','2016-11-28 20:08:54','',3513,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3513-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3516,2,'2016-11-30 15:41:56','2016-11-30 15:41:56','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3515\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_600x-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bedbug_2016webinars-december_600x\" width=\"462\" height=\"598\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5180399987607981571\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/629233288196706051\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th &amp; 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4699464805525792003\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">September 14th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5976658611861998595\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 15:41:56','2016-11-30 15:41:56','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3518,2,'2016-11-30 15:44:24','2016-11-30 15:44:24','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3515\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_600x-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bedbug_2016webinars-december_600x\" width=\"462\" height=\"598\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5180399987607981571\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/629233288196706051\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th &amp; 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4699464805525792003\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 19th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5976658611861998595\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 15:44:24','2016-11-30 15:44:24','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3520,2,'2016-11-30 16:13:54','2016-11-30 16:13:54','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3519 \" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_updated-791x1024.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"707\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5180399987607981571\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/629233288196706051\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th &amp; 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4699464805525792003\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 19th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5976658611861998595\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 16:13:54','2016-11-30 16:13:54','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3521,2,'2016-11-30 16:16:04','2016-11-30 16:16:04','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3519 \" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_updated-791x1024.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"707\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5180399987607981571\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/629233288196706051\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4699464805525792003\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 19th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5976658611861998595\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5976658611861998595\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 16:16:04','2016-11-30 16:16:04','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3522,2,'2016-11-30 16:21:57','2016-11-30 16:21:57','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3519 \" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_updated-791x1024.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"707\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6502675972913640450\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/629233288196706051\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4699464805525792003\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 19th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6525842682910727170\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5701945634869379586\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 16:21:57','2016-11-30 16:21:57','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3523,2,'2016-11-30 16:53:12','2016-11-30 16:53:12','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3519 \" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_updated-791x1024.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"707\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6502675972913640450\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1633666850191666946\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5701945634869379586\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 19th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6525842682910727170\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5701945634869379586\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 16:53:12','2016-11-30 16:53:12','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3524,2,'2016-11-30 16:54:34','2016-11-30 16:54:34','<h1>Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series</h1>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3519 \" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BedBug_2016Webinars-December_updated-791x1024.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"707\" />Ask the experts!</h4>\r\nWe\'re hosting a series of free webinars, diving into different aspects of Chicago\'s bed bug epidemic. Bringing Chicago’s bed bug experts straight to your computer, we\'ll discuss practical steps for preventing and treating bed bug infestations. Each FREE, 45 minute presentation will be followed by an “Ask the Expert” Q&amp;A. Learn about Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance as it relates to a tenant or catch up on everything you need to know about the bed bug Ordinance as a landlord.  We\'ll talk about your responsibilities when dealing with tenant reports of bed bugs, as well as recommended preventative measures.  Webinars will take place on the following dates:\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 14th</span>- Landlord Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6502675972913640450\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 15th</span>- What to Expect from your Pest Control Operator</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1633666850191666946\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 17th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5701945634869379586\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 19th</span>- Effective Retail Products for Bed Bug Control</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6525842682910727170\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">December 20th</span>- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Chicago Bed Bug Ordinance</h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7446248264568648962\" target=\"_blank\">Register Here</a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Contact us at: (773) 878-7378 or<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></span><a style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #276790; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a><span style=\"font: 15px/22.5px sans-serif; color: #302c29; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> for more information.</span>','Bed Bugs in Chicago: Expert Webinar Series','','inherit','closed','closed','','2201-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 16:54:34','2016-11-30 16:54:34','',2201,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/2201-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3525,2,'2016-11-30 22:17:25','2016-11-30 22:17:25','<h3><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3528\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"oad-photo\" width=\"364\" height=\"241\" />Stormwater and water used on your lawns and in your house flow into the same pipes. Which can cause problems during periods of heavy rain says our partners at Friends of the Chicago River. Here\'s how to address the issue.</h3>\r\nWhen watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when it\'s dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a>  has some helpful tips for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days\" target=\"_blank\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','publish','closed','open','','overflow-action-101-how-to-stop-flooding-and-protect-the-chicago-river','','\nhttp://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/','2016-12-01 15:42:16','2016-12-01 15:42:16','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/?p=3525',0,'post','',0),(3526,2,'2016-11-30 20:33:24','2016-11-30 20:33:24','When watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, the good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. Refer to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\">MPAC’s blog</a> for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 20:33:24','2016-11-30 20:33:24','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3527,2,'2016-11-30 20:35:45','2016-11-30 20:35:45','When watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, the good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. Refer to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a> for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 20:35:45','2016-11-30 20:35:45','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3528,2,'2016-11-30 21:19:43','2016-11-30 21:19:43','','oad-photo','','inherit','closed','closed','','oad-photo','','','2016-11-30 21:19:43','2016-11-30 21:19:43','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3529,2,'2016-11-30 21:32:46','2016-11-30 21:32:46','<h3><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3528\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"oad-photo\" width=\"470\" height=\"311\" />The water used on your lawns and in your house flow into the same pipes as stormwater. Which ca</h3>\r\n<h3>n cause problems during periods of heavy rain according to our partners at Friends of the Chicago River. Here\'s how to avoid them.</h3>\r\nWhen watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, the good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. Refer to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a> for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 21:32:46','2016-11-30 21:32:46','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3530,2,'2016-11-30 21:33:21','2016-11-30 21:33:21','<h3><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3528\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"oad-photo\" width=\"364\" height=\"241\" />The water used on your lawns and in your house flow into the same pipes as stormwater. Which can cause problems during periods of heavy rain according to our partners at Friends of the Chicago River. Here\'s how to avoid them.</h3>\r\nWhen watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, the good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. Refer to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a> for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 21:33:21','2016-11-30 21:33:21','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3531,2,'2016-11-30 22:15:30','2016-11-30 22:15:30','','Blog','','inherit','closed','closed','','95-revision-v1','','','2016-11-30 22:15:30','2016-11-30 22:15:30','',95,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/95-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3532,2,'2016-12-01 15:40:48','2016-12-01 15:40:48','<h3><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3528\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"oad-photo\" width=\"364\" height=\"241\" />Stormwater and water used on your lawns and in your house flow into the same pipes. Which can cause problems during periods of heavy rain says our partners at Friends of the Chicago River. Here\'s how to address the issue.</h3>\nWhen watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when it\'s dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\n\nScary stuff, right?!  But, good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\n<ol>\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a>  has some helpful tips for when to water your lawn.</li>\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\n</ol>\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\n\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong>e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\n\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\n\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River\n\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-autosave-v1','','','2016-12-01 15:40:48','2016-12-01 15:40:48','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3533,2,'2016-12-01 15:14:29','2016-12-01 15:14:29','<h3><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3528\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"oad-photo\" width=\"364\" height=\"241\" />Stormwater and water used on your lawns and in your house flow into the same pipes. Which can cause problems during periods of heavy rain says our partners at Friends of the Chicago River. Here\'s how to address the issue.</h3>\r\nWhen watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when it\'s dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a>  has some helpful tips for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-revision-v1','','','2016-12-01 15:14:29','2016-12-01 15:14:29','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3534,2,'2016-12-01 15:40:51','2016-12-01 15:40:51','<h3><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3528\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OAD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"oad-photo\" width=\"364\" height=\"241\" />Stormwater and water used on your lawns and in your house flow into the same pipes. Which can cause problems during periods of heavy rain says our partners at Friends of the Chicago River. Here\'s how to address the issue.</h3>\r\nWhen watering your lawn, do you ever wonder where it ends up?  Chicago and many older suburbs use combined sewer systems, which means that rainwater, domestic and industrial wastewater, and sewage travel through the same pipes.  Everything goes swimmingly when it\'s dry outside, but heavy rains can push this untreated water into the Chicago River, and—in extreme cases—into Lake Michigan.  We call this a “combined sewer overflow”, or CSO.  As you might imagine, this is disastrous for the wildlife in the river and the people who kayak, canoe, and fish there! And it’s not just our waterways at risk…many homeowners worry about water backing up in their basements when the sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nScary stuff, right?!  But, good news…you can do something about it!  In fact, you can do A LOT.  Aside from using <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">natural lawn care products</a> (so pesticides won’t contaminate rainwater once it hits the ground and flows into our sewers), here are 3 simple ways you can take #OverflowAction to prevent CSOs:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong>Timing is key:</strong> delay or reduce your water usage right before, during, and after a rain event. <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/satisfying-demand-reducing-supply-caring-for-grass-in-a-water-stressed-world/\" target=\"_blank\">MPAC’s blog</a>  has some helpful tips for when to water your lawn.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Less is more:</strong>  shorten your shower time…install a low-flow showerhead...even tiny changes to your routine can make ripples!</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Keep it simple:</strong> don’t let the faucet run while brushing your teeth, washing dishes, and performing other chores.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can also get the kids onboard with water conservation…check out our <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days/simple-actions-to-conserve-water\" target=\"_blank\">Overflow Action Kit</a> for more ideas, as well as these fun and easy <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/chicagoriver/rich/rich_files/rich_files/960/original/think-20recipe-20book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recipes</a> for non-toxic natural cleaners.\r\n\r\nWant a reminder?  Sign up for <strong>Overflow Action Days</strong><strong> </strong><a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/get-involved/take-action/overflow-action-days\" target=\"_blank\">e-alerts</a> for real-time updates.\r\n\r\nReady to go further?  Take our <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck9QxSHgDbjNY2h1D_qGaJfN5YQZr-MVc80lga8X_JpMTz2Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">pledge</a> and commit to keeping the Chicago River system safe, clean, and healthy for all of us!\r\n\r\n~Your friends at <a href=\"http://www.chicagoriver.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Chicago River</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Overflow Action 101: How to Stop Flooding and Protect the Chicago River','','inherit','closed','closed','','3525-revision-v1','','','2016-12-01 15:40:51','2016-12-01 15:40:51','',3525,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3525-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3536,2,'2016-12-07 15:11:50','2016-12-07 15:11:50','','biteback_fall16_final','','inherit','closed','closed','','biteback_fall16_final','','','2016-12-07 15:11:50','2016-12-07 15:11:50','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BiteBack_Fall16_Final.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(3537,2,'2016-12-07 15:19:19','2016-12-07 15:19:19','<h2>Resources</h2>\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center has developed a number of toolkits, guides, and factsheets to help you reduce your exposure to pesticides. Our information empowers renters, homeowners, managers, parents, and decision-makers to make smart decisions that lead to healthier communities.\r\n\r\nContinue reading<a name=\"Features\"></a> for: <a href=\"#Features\">Feature Publications</a>, <a href=\"#Home\">In Your Home</a>, <a href=\"#Community\">In Your Community</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3>Feature Publications</h3>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<strong>Activist’s Toolkit: </strong>The basics of natural lawn care, health benefits of switching to natural lawn care, and practical tools and example documents to use during a campaign.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Activists-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Activists Toolkit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit:</strong> Information about pesticide reduction as a sustainable cost effective choice for municipal operations.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Toolkit-4-21-2014-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Midwest Grows Green: A Guide to Growing an Environmentally-Friendly Lawn &amp; Garden: </strong>Reduce your contribution to climate change, help your lawn and garden adapt to a changing environment, and produce beautiful outdoor spaces.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WOY_Midwest_Grows_Green_Guide-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green Guide</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<strong>Human Health and Pesticides: Glyphosate and 2,4-D:</strong> This white paper discusses the common active ingredients in lawn pesticides of Glyphosate and 2,4-D and their human health impacts.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MPAC_WhitePaper-final-12.11.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Human Health and Pesticides White Paper</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Resource Guide for Integrated Pest Management in Schools/Childcares:</strong> The materials your school needs to put an IPM program in place, including sample policies, forms and protocol.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for IPM in Schools and Childcares</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Battling Bed Bugs in Chicago: </strong>View our bed bug policy, which demonstrates the necessity of taking action on this issue.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WIH_MPAC-Battling-Bed-Bugs-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Battling Bed Bugs in Chicago: Making the Case for a Comprehensive Plan</a>\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n<a name=\"Home\"></a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\nThe following publications are also available for download. Some publications offer downloads in multiple languages. <span class=\"orange\">Click or tap a title to start download.</span>\r\n<h3>In Your Home</h3>\r\n<h4>Indoors</h4>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Ordinance Essentials\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Ordinance for Tenants English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_Arabic1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Arabic</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_Burmese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Burmese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Chicago-Tenants-Rights-and-Responsibilities-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Tenants Rights and Responsibilities English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Chicago-Tenants-Rights-and-Responsibilities-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Checklist for Tenants English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-Spanish1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Tenants-Checklist-Chinese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-Polish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-How-Do-I-Know-Im-Receiving-IPM-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I Know I\'m Receiving IPM Factsheet</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WI_MPAC-10-Steps-to-Pest-Control.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">10 Steps to Pest Control English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-10-Steps-to-Pest-Control-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/WI_MPAC-Pest-Control-Companies-That-Provide-IPM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pest Control Companies That Provide IPM</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Ants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ants</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Cockroaches.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cockroaches</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Mice-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mice</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a>\r\n<h4>Outdoors</h4>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Products for Your Natural Lawn</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-NLC-Calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Lawn Care Calendar</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/MPAC-Natural-Lawn-Care-for-Homeowners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Lawn Care for Homeowners</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Read-Your-Weeds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read Your Weeds</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Mosquito-Misters-What-You-Need-to-Know.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mosquito Misters: What You Need to Know</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Complete-Mosquito-Factsheet-Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mosquitos and West Nile Virus</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MPAC-Pets-and-Pesticides-TU.pdf\" target=\"blank\">Pets and Pesticides</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Asthma-Pests-and-Pesticides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Asthma, Pests, and Pesticides</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Truth-About-Head-Lice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Truth About Head Lice</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Reasonable-Accomodations-for-Renters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reasonable Accommodations for Renters with Pest Problems</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bugs English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Chinese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Polish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-all-vols-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter All Volumes</a><a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 13\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BiteBack_Spring14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 13\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BiteBack_vol14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.14</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 15\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-newsletters-Vol.-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.15</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 16\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-newsletter-Vol.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.16</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 17\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BiteBack_Summer16-vol.-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.17</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 18\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BiteBack_Fall16_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.18</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bedbugs-Poster-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Bed Bug Poster English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Bedbugs-Poster-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Landlords-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Checklist for Landlords English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Landlords-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WIH_MPAC-How-to-Hire-a-PCO-For-BB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to Hire a Pest Control Operator For Bed Bugs</a>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Bee-Friendly Garden is a Pesticide-Free Garden</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MWGG_Brochure_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green Brochure</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Talking-to-Your-Neighbors-About-Pesticides1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Talking to Your Neighbors About Pesticides</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Pesticide-Free-Zone-Sign-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Free Zone Sign</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WOY_MPAC-Pesticide-Free-Zone-Sign-order-form-color.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Free Zone Sign Order Form</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Midwest_Lawncare_Website_updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Natural Lawn Care Companies</a>\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3>In Your Community</h3>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Activists-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Activist\'s Toolkit</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Toolkit-4-21-2014-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for IPM in Schools and Childcares</a><strong>\r\n</strong><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Healthy-Parks-Campaign.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Parks Campaign</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ParentsRight-to-Know-NotificationGuidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Parents\' Right to Know Notification Guidelines English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ParentsRight-to-Know-NotificationGuidelines-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Reducing-Pesticides-in-Schools-a-Parents-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reducing Pesticides in Schools: A Parent\'s Guide</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bugs in Schools and Childcares\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WOY_MPAC-Pesticide-Disposal-The-Right-Way.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Disposal the Right Way</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half_last]','Resources','','inherit','closed','closed','','119-revision-v1','','','2016-12-07 15:19:19','2016-12-07 15:19:19','',119,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/119-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3539,2,'2016-12-15 15:51:28','2016-12-15 15:51:28','<h1>Upcoming Training and Events</h1>\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center is constantly adding new workshops, training events, and outreach activities to our calendar. Sign up for our e-newsletter to stay in the loop.  <a class=\"more\" title=\"Sign Up\" href=\"http://eepurl.com/ISsTX\" target=\"_blank\">Sign Up</a>\r\n\r\nWe offer site assessments, custom workshops, and individualized assistance for client service providers, childcare centers, building managers, schools, retailers, and others interested in educating their staff and clients on reducing pesticide use.\r\n<h2>MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h2>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC, the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a>, and the <a href=\"http://turf.wisc.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Wisconsin Turfgrass Science Program</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.\r\n\r\nThe next MGG webinar session will take place in January of 2017.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Learn More &gt;</span></a></span>\r\n<h2>Chicago Ordinance \"Ask the Expert\" Webinar Series</h2>\r\nMPAC is currently hosting a series of \"Ask the Expert\" webinars on various topics related to Chicago\'s Bed Bug Ordinance.  The webinars are FREE and include a 45 minute online presentation followed by a 30 minute \"Ask the Expert\" questions and answer session with a participating expert on the presented topic. Topics include tenant and landlord rights and responsibilities under the ordinance, what to expect from a pest control operator when seeking bed bug related services, and retail products and tools can help control bed bug problems.\r\n\r\nDates vary, including evening and weekend times. Please join us for our next \"Ask the Expert\" webinar.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/bed-bugs-in-chicago-expert-webinar-series-2/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Learn More &gt;</span></a></span>\r\n\r\nContact us at: (773) 878-7378 or <a href=\"mailto:general@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">general@pesticideaction.org</a> for more information.','Events','','inherit','closed','closed','','107-revision-v1','','','2016-12-15 15:51:28','2016-12-15 15:51:28','',107,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/107-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3540,2,'2016-12-16 16:22:51','2016-12-16 16:22:51','<h1><img class=\"wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" /></h1>\r\n<h1>Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h1>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Webinar: Cost Factors</span></h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When</span></h3>\r\nJanuary 18th, 2016, 10 - 11 am\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\r\nWhere</span></h3>\r\nWebinar series at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">GoToWebinar</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who</span></h3>\r\nPanelists include Dan Dinelli, Superintendent for North Shore Country Club and Jeff Swano, President for Dig Right In Landscaping, Inc.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who Should Attend</span></h3>\r\nManagers of turf and other lands including those of Park and School Districts, Municipalities, Policymakers, Non-profits, and Corporate Campuses.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Summary</span></h3>\r\nBring your calculator and help us measure how costs for Integrated Pest Management and/or Natural Lawn Care stack up to conventional lawn care practices! In our second webinar installment of the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum, turf experts Dan Dinelli and Jeff Swano evaluate the factors and decisions that could drive up or lower costs in an IPM policy and how to manage them for best results economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Register for Free At</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More Questions</span></h3>\r\nContact Ryan Anderson at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a> or 773-878-8245','MGG Lawn And Land Forum','','inherit','closed','closed','','3379-revision-v1','','','2016-12-16 16:22:51','2016-12-16 16:22:51','',3379,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3379-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3542,2,'2016-12-19 15:34:44','2016-12-19 15:34:44','<h1><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3541\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MGG_Webinar_Final-1-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mgg_webinar_final\" width=\"448\" height=\"566\" /><img class=\"wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" /></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1>Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h1>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Webinar: Cost Factors</span></h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When</span></h3>\r\nJanuary 18th, 2016, 10 - 11 am\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\r\nWhere</span></h3>\r\nWebinar series at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">GoToWebinar</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who</span></h3>\r\nPanelists include Dan Dinelli, Superintendent for North Shore Country Club and Jeff Swano, President for Dig Right In Landscaping, Inc.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who Should Attend</span></h3>\r\nManagers of turf and other lands including those of Park and School Districts, Municipalities, Policymakers, Non-profits, and Corporate Campuses.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Summary</span></h3>\r\nBring your calculator and help us measure how costs for Integrated Pest Management and/or Natural Lawn Care stack up to conventional lawn care practices! In our second webinar installment of the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum, turf experts Dan Dinelli and Jeff Swano evaluate the factors and decisions that could drive up or lower costs in an IPM policy and how to manage them for best results economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Register for Free At</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More Questions</span></h3>\r\nContact Ryan Anderson at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a> or 773-878-8245\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thanks To</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://crystalgreen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Green©</a> for sponsoring this seminar.','MGG Lawn And Land Forum','','inherit','closed','closed','','3379-revision-v1','','','2016-12-19 15:34:44','2016-12-19 15:34:44','',3379,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3379-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3543,2,'2016-12-19 16:17:13','2016-12-19 16:17:13','<h1><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3541\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MGG_Webinar_Final-1-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mgg_webinar_final\" width=\"448\" height=\"566\" /></a><img class=\"wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" /></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1>Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h1>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Webinar: Cost Factors</span></h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When</span></h3>\r\nJanuary 18th, 2016, 10 - 11 am\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\r\nWhere</span></h3>\r\nWebinar series at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">GoToWebinar</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who</span></h3>\r\nPanelists include Dan Dinelli, Superintendent for North Shore Country Club and Jeff Swano, President for Dig Right In Landscaping, Inc.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who Should Attend</span></h3>\r\nManagers of turf and other lands including those of Park and School Districts, Municipalities, Policymakers, Non-profits, and Corporate Campuses.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Summary</span></h3>\r\nBring your calculator and help us measure how costs for Integrated Pest Management and/or Natural Lawn Care stack up to conventional lawn care practices! In our second webinar installment of the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum, turf experts Dan Dinelli and Jeff Swano evaluate the factors and decisions that could drive up or lower costs in an IPM policy and how to manage them for best results economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Register for Free At</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More Questions</span></h3>\r\nContact Ryan Anderson at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a> or 773-878-8245\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thanks To</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://crystalgreen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Green©</a> for sponsoring this seminar.','MGG Lawn And Land Forum','','inherit','closed','closed','','3379-revision-v1','','','2016-12-19 16:17:13','2016-12-19 16:17:13','',3379,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3379-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3544,2,'2016-12-21 22:19:39','2016-12-21 22:19:39','<h1>About Us<img class=\"alignright wp-image-1097\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Midwest_stacked-e1386625125966-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Midwest Pesticide Action Center\" width=\"240\" height=\"149\" /></h1>\r\n<h2>Our Mission</h2>\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center is dedicated to reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by promoting safer alternatives. Continue reading for <a name=\"History\"></a> for: <a href=\"#History\">History</a>, <a href=\"#Staff\">Staff</a>, <a href=\"#Board\">Board of Directors</a>, <a href=\"#Advisory\">Advisory Council</a>, <a href=\"#Partners\">Partners and Supporters</a>\r\n<h2>History</h2>\r\nThe Sierra Club, Illinois Environmental Council, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest founded the organization in 1994 to address widespread concerns over pesticide use. We work at the local, state, and regional levels to implement long-term policy changes and develop replicable programs for pesticide-use reduction. We are the only organization in the Midwest dedicated to protecting people and the environment from the serious impacts of pesticides. Recognition for our successful programs includes an Environmental Protection Agency Children’s Environmental Health Award, an Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Award, and a Governor\'s Pollution Prevention Award. In 2013, after a thoughtful evaluation that included input from our staff, board, and stakeholders, we changed our name from Safer Pest Control Project to Midwest Pesticide Action Center. This new incarnation reinforces our core commitment and mission: to reduce the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by promoting safer alternatives. As Midwest Pesticide Action Center, we will continue to address issues related to pesticide use, while expanding our reach throughout the<a name=\"Staff\"></a> Midwest.\r\n<h2>Staff</h2>\r\n<h3>Ruth Kerzee, Executive Director</h3>\r\nRuth Kerzee, Executive Director, has been on Midwest Pesticide Action Center’s staff since 2005. During her tenure, Ms. Kerzee has been responsible for Midwest Pesticide Action Center’s work related to promoting Integrated Pest Management in schools and childcare facilities, and primary responsibility for developing the Integrated Pest Management in housing program. Ms. Kerzee is also responsible for all executive duties such as generating evaluative programs and strategizing on the growth and development of the organization. She has a Master’s of Science degree in Public Health from the University of Illinois Chicago, more than 15 years of experience working on occupational and environmental health issues, and is a licensed pest control technician. <strong>(773) 878-7378 </strong><b><a href=\"mailto:rkerzee@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">rkerzee@pesticideaction.org</a></b>\r\n<h3>Ryan Anderson, Program and Communications Manager</h3>\r\nRyan Anderson leads and implements Midwest Pesticide Action Center\'s integrated marketing campaign and outdoors program. Before joining MPAC in 2015, Ryan led carbon mitigation strategic planning in Indianapolis, provided communication support to the Delta Institute, and served as editor in chief for the online, video-format journal <em>the Sustainability Review</em>. Ryan has a Masters of Sustainable Solutions from Arizona State University and holds a dual bachelor\'s degree in Biology and Electronic Journalism from Butler University.  <strong>(773) 878-8245 <a href=\"mailto:%20randerson@pesticideaction.org\"> randerson@pesticideaction.org</a></strong>\r\n<h3>Board of Directors</h3>\r\n<strong>Meleah A. Geertsma, President</strong> Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council\r\n<strong>Pamela Brookstein, Vice Presiden</strong>t Market Transformation Specialist, Elevate Energy\r\n<strong>Kevin Dick, Treasurer</strong> LEED AP + O&amp;M Project Manager, Delta Institute\r\n<strong>Jonathan Higgins, Secretary</strong> Director of Conservation, Great Rivers Partnership, The Nature Conservancy\r\n<strong>Susan Besson, Chair</strong>, Evanston Environment Board\r\n<strong>Peggy McGrath</strong>, Community Activist, Oak Park &amp; River Forest, IL\r\n<strong>Pallavi Phartiyal</strong>, Senior Analyst &amp; Program Manager, Union of Concerned Scientists\r\n<strong>Julie Samuels</strong>, Community Organizer, Chicago Community Gardeners Association and Oak Park Edible Gardeners Cooperative.\r\n<strong>Marc Wise</strong>, Founder and Owner, Greenwise Organic Lawn Care, LLC\r\n<h2>Advisory Council</h2>\r\n<strong>Julie Brown</strong>, Senior Staff Counsel, Business &amp; Professional People for the Public Interest\r\n<strong>Raymond Cloyd, Ph.D</strong>. Professor, Kansas State University, Department of Entomology\r\n<strong>Jay Feldman</strong>, Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides\r\n<strong>Kevin Greene</strong>, Associate Director, IL EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention\r\n<strong>Keith Harley</strong>, J.D. Environmental Law Program Director, Chicago Legal Clinic\r\n<strong>Marc Lame</strong>, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs\r\n<strong>Philip Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc</strong>. Dean for Global Health, Ethel M. Wise, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor Pediatrics, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Director, Children\'s Environmental Health Center\r\n<strong>Peter Orris</strong>, Professor of Internal and Preventative Medicine, Rush University College of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois School of Public Health; and Adjunct Professor of Preventative Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School\r\n<strong>Rachel Rosenberg</strong>, Manager, Corporate Relations, Chicago Botanic Garden; Former Executive Director, Safer Pest Control Project\r\n<strong>Kim Stone</strong>, Councilwoman, City of Highland Park; Former Associate Director, Safer Pest Control Project\r\n<strong>Jill Viehweg</strong>, Director of Foundation and Government Relations, Denver Museum of Nature and Science; Founding Executive Director, Safer<a name=\"Partners\"></a> Pest Control Project\r\n<h2>Partners and Supporters</h2>\r\nPeter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund\r\n<a href=\"http://www.boeing.com/boeing/\" target=\"_blank\">The Boeing Company</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Foundation Philancon Fund\r\n</a> <a href=\"http://www.chicagowilderness.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Wilderness</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://bouldercolorado.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">City of Boulder</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en.html\" target=\"_blank\">City of Chicago</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cityofevanston.org/\" target=\"_blank\">City of Evanston</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clifbarfamilyfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Clif Bar Family Foundation\r\n</a> <a href=\"http://www.cornelldouglas.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Cornell Douglas Foundation</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.earthshare-illinois.org/\" target=\"_blank\">EarthShare Illinois</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.epa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Protection Agency</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://greatlakesrestoration.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Great Lakes Restoration Initiative</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.idph.state.il.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Department of Public Health</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.iisgcp.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nchh.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Center for Healthy Housing</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.panna.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Action Network of North America</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.patagonia.com/us/home\" target=\"_blank\">Patagonia</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.piercefamilyfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pierce Family Foundation</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.polkbrosfdn.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Polk Bros. Foundation</a>\r\nPublic Places Healthy Spaces\r\n<a href=\"http://www.therobertsfamilyfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Roberts Family Foundation\r\n</a> <a href=\"http://www.swwtwater.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.</a>\r\nThomas and Donna Stone Foundation\r\n<a href=\"http://www.villageoffranklinpark.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Village of Franklin Park</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.wallacegenetic.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Wallace Genetic Foundation</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Whole Foods Market</a>','About Us','','inherit','closed','closed','','12-revision-v1','','','2016-12-21 22:19:39','2016-12-21 22:19:39','',12,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/12-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3548,2,'2017-01-04 15:09:38','2017-01-04 15:09:38','<h1><a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3546\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MGG_Webinar_Eventupd_600-810x1024.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"670\" /></a><img class=\"wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" /></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1>Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h1>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Webinar: Cost Factors</span></h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When</span></h3>\r\nJanuary 18th, 2016, 10 - 11 am\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\r\nWhere</span></h3>\r\nWebinar series at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">GoToWebinar</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who</span></h3>\r\nPanelists include Dan Dinelli, Superintendent for North Shore Country Club and Jeff Swano, President for Dig Right In Landscaping, Inc.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who Should Attend</span></h3>\r\nManagers of turf and other lands including those of Park and School Districts, Municipalities, Policymakers, Non-profits, and Corporate Campuses.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Summary</span></h3>\r\nBring your calculator and help us measure how costs for Integrated Pest Management and/or Natural Lawn Care stack up to conventional lawn care practices! In our second webinar installment of the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum, turf experts Dan Dinelli and Jeff Swano evaluate the factors and decisions that could drive up or lower costs in an IPM policy and how to manage them for best results economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Register for Free At</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More Questions</span></h3>\r\nContact Ryan Anderson at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a> or 773-878-8245\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thanks To</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://crystalgreen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Green©</a> for sponsoring this seminar.','MGG Lawn And Land Forum','','inherit','closed','closed','','3379-revision-v1','','','2017-01-04 15:09:38','2017-01-04 15:09:38','',3379,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3379-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3550,2,'2017-01-05 15:38:41','2017-01-05 15:38:41','<h1><img class=\"wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" />Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h1>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3546\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MGG_Webinar_Eventupd_600-810x1024.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"670\" /></a>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Webinar: Cost Factors</span></h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When</span></h3>\r\nJanuary 18th, 2016, 10 - 11 am\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\r\nWhere</span></h3>\r\nWebinar series at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">GoToWebinar</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who</span></h3>\r\nPanelists include Dan Dinelli, Superintendent for North Shore Country Club and Jeff Swano, President for Dig Right In Landscaping, Inc.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who Should Attend</span></h3>\r\nManagers of turf and other lands including those of Park and School Districts, Municipalities, Policymakers, Non-profits, and Corporate Campuses.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Summary</span></h3>\r\nBring your calculator and help us measure how costs for Integrated Pest Management and/or Natural Lawn Care stack up to conventional lawn care practices! In our second webinar installment of the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum, turf experts Dan Dinelli and Jeff Swano evaluate the factors and decisions that could drive up or lower costs in an IPM policy and how to manage them for best results economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Register for Free At</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More Questions</span></h3>\r\nContact Ryan Anderson at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a> or 773-878-8245\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thanks To</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://crystalgreen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Green©</a> for sponsoring this seminar.','MGG Lawn And Land Forum','','inherit','closed','closed','','3379-revision-v1','','','2017-01-05 15:38:41','2017-01-05 15:38:41','',3379,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3379-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3551,2,'2017-01-05 17:58:21','2017-01-05 17:58:21','<h3><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3554\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MGG_Webinar_blog-1024x352.jpg\" alt=\"mgg_webinar_blog\" width=\"337\" height=\"116\" /></h3>\r\n<h3>MPAC\'s Ryan Anderson calls for an all-hands-on-deck effort to eliminate pesticide misuse in 2017. The MGG Forum\'s active education approach builds the foundation.</h3>\r\n2017 started with the worst possible news for us.  On January 2<sup>nd</sup> in Amarillo, Texas <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/us/amarillo-texas-pesticide-deaths/\" target=\"_blank\">four children died</a> in their trailer home from the misuse of the toxic pesticide Aluminum phosphide. The unknown user mixed water with this poison designed to kill rodents and accidentally produced toxic Phosphine gas.\r\n\r\nI mention this story not to scare you, but to enlighten you about the overpowering enemy MPAC faces day in and day out.  No, I’m not talking the billion-dollar pesticide manufacturing industry or your local “chem-lawn” care company. This enemy works far more in the shadows: pesticide misinformation or illiteracy.\r\n\r\nThe Amarillo user clearly got the poison from the black market as they did not know that water would cause such a catastrophic result. Yet, every misinformed resident increases the risk of improper and dangerous pesticide use. That’s a lot of risk given that the majority of us do not devote our professions or lives to pest and weed management. The kind of risk that causes the average urban homeowner to use <a href=\"http://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/lawn/factsheets/LAWNFACTS&amp;FIGURES_8_05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">three to ten times more toxins per acre</a> on their lawns than what the average farmer applies to crops.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160328005521/en/Research-Finds-Majority-Americans-Lack-Lawn-Care\" target=\"_blank\">Survey after survey</a> finds a systemic public misunderstanding of even the simplest lawn care practices of mowing and watering.  The type of systemic misunderstanding that general information about proper lawn management cannot tackle alone.  To challenge this enemy, we need to create action knowledge that guides individuals to reevaluate their lawn care behavior. We need the peer-to-peer learning taking place at the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mpac-events/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green (MGG) Lawn &amp; Land Forum</a>.\r\n\r\nThe MGG Forum started as a partnership between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally.\r\n\r\nOur first session on <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">October 26<sup>th</sup>, 2016</a> covering community engagement ended with more questions than answers, but we want that! The more than 50 participants of the Forum representing park and school districts, lawn care providers, and local governments drive the findings and discussions.\r\n\r\nBy using this participant centered format we arrive on IPM and NLC topics and issues that influence everyday decisions in the management of our parks, schools, golf courses, and other recreational spaces.  Case in point, our next MGG Forum webinar on <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday, January 18<sup>th</sup></a> will cover cost factors of IPM after multiple questions and talking points during the October session focused on the topic.\r\n\r\nHow do these discussions relate to tackling public lawn care illiteracy? We find that many homeowners turn to their local park and school districts for expertise on lawn care. This peer-to-peer learning forum encourages these districts to embrace their role as an educator of proper lawn care through technical, communication, and outreach support that reduces uncertainty about less toxic practices and prepares them for the decisions and problems they will face in implementing IPM and/or pesticide-free strategies and policies.\r\n\r\nAs active educators, our park and school districts enable the dispersal of action knowledge at our <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/pesticide-free-parks/\" target=\"_blank\">parks and recreational spaces</a> through IPM and NLC demonstrations, signage, and interactive events.  Adding a key piece to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/\" target=\"_blank\">our puzzle</a> of achieving large scale pesticide reduction in Chicago, the Midwest, and nationwide.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the forum, visit our page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mpac-events/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGforum</a> or contact me at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a>. Also, please share our January 18<sup>th</sup> session with your local park and/or school district at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>. Each new participant improves the discussions and the resources that we develop at <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/LLFresources</a>.','Fighting Enemies, Cultivating Active Educators in 2017','','publish','closed','open','','fighting-enemies-cultivating-active-educators-in-2017','','','2017-01-05 17:58:21','2017-01-05 17:58:21','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/?p=3551',0,'post','',0),(3552,2,'2017-01-05 17:13:18','2017-01-05 17:13:18','2017 started with the worst possible news for us.  On January 2<sup>nd</sup> in Amarillo, Texas four children died in their trailer home from the misuse of the toxic pesticide Aluminum phosphide. The unknown user mixed water with this poison designed to kill rodents and accidentally produced toxic Phosphine gas.\r\n\r\nI mention this story not to scare you, but to enlighten you about the overpowering enemy MPAC faces day in and day out.  No, I’m not talking the billion-dollar pesticide manufacturing industry or your local “chem-lawn” care company. This enemy works far more in the shadows: pesticide misinformation or illiteracy.\r\n\r\nThe Amarillo user clearly got the poison from the black market as they did not know that water would cause such a catastrophic result. Every misinformed resident increases the risk of improper and dangerous pesticide use. That’s a lot of risk given that the majority of us do not devote our professions or lives to pest and weed management. The kind of risk that causes the average urban homeowner to use three to ten times more toxins per acre on their lawns than what the average farmer applies to crops.\r\n\r\nSurvey after survey finds a systemic public misunderstanding of even the simplest lawn care practices of mowing and watering.  The type of systemic misunderstanding that general information about proper lawn management cannot tackle alone.  To challenge this enemy, we need to create action knowledge that guides individuals to revaluate their lawn care behavior through demonstrations and discussions. We need the peer-to-peer learning taking place at the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum.\r\n\r\nThe MGG Forum started as a partnership between MPAC and the Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally.\r\n\r\nOur first session on October 26<sup>th</sup>, 2016 covering community engagement ended with more questions than answers, but we want that! The more than 50 participants of the Forum from park and school districts, lawn care providers, and local governments drive the findings and discussions. A future session or further technical research by MPAC and our partner network of academic institutions can address these participant questions and understanding gaps.\r\n\r\nBy using this participant centered format we arrive on IPM and NLC topics and issues that influence everyday decisions in the management of our parks, schools, golf courses, and other recreational spaces.  Case in point, our next MGG Forum webinar on Wednesday, January 18<sup>th</sup> will cover cost factors of IPM after multiple questions and talking points focused on the topic at the October session.\r\n\r\nHow do these discussions relate to tackling public lawn care illiteracy? We find that many homeowners turn to their local park and school districts for expertise on lawn care. This peer-to-peer learning forum encourages these districts to embrace their role as an educator of proper lawn care through technical, communication, and outreach support that reduces uncertainty about less toxic practices and prepares them for the decisions and problems they will face in implementing IPM and/or pesticide-free strategies and policies.\r\n\r\nAs active educators, our park and school districts enable the dispersal of action knowledge at our parks through IPM and NLC demonstrations, signage, and interactive events.  Adding a key piece to our puzzle of achieving large scale pesticide reduction in Chicago, the Midwest, and nationwide.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the forum, visit our page at bit.ly/MGGforum or contact me at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a>. Also, please share our January 18<sup>th</sup> session with your local park and/or school district at bit.ly/MGGjan18. Each new participant improves the discussions and the resources that we develop at bit.ly/LLFresources.','','','inherit','closed','closed','','3551-revision-v1','','','2017-01-05 17:13:18','2017-01-05 17:13:18','',3551,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3551-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3553,2,'2017-01-05 17:29:34','2017-01-05 17:29:34','2017 started with the worst possible news for us.  On January 2<sup>nd</sup> in Amarillo, Texas <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/us/amarillo-texas-pesticide-deaths/\" target=\"_blank\">four children died</a> in their trailer home from the misuse of the toxic pesticide Aluminum phosphide. The unknown user mixed water with this poison designed to kill rodents and accidentally produced toxic Phosphine gas.\r\n\r\nI mention this story not to scare you, but to enlighten you about the overpowering enemy MPAC faces day in and day out.  No, I’m not talking the billion-dollar pesticide manufacturing industry or your local “chem-lawn” care company. This enemy works far more in the shadows: pesticide misinformation or illiteracy.\r\n\r\nThe Amarillo user clearly got the poison from the black market as they did not know that water would cause such a catastrophic result. Yet, every misinformed resident increases the risk of improper and dangerous pesticide use. That’s a lot of risk given that the majority of us do not devote our professions or lives to pest and weed management. The kind of risk that causes the average urban homeowner to use <a href=\"http://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/lawn/factsheets/LAWNFACTS&amp;FIGURES_8_05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">three to ten times more toxins per acre</a> on their lawns than what the average farmer applies to crops.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160328005521/en/Research-Finds-Majority-Americans-Lack-Lawn-Care\" target=\"_blank\">Survey after survey</a> finds a systemic public misunderstanding of even the simplest lawn care practices of mowing and watering.  The type of systemic misunderstanding that general information about proper lawn management cannot tackle alone.  To challenge this enemy, we need to create action knowledge that guides individuals to reevaluate their lawn care behavior. We need the peer-to-peer learning taking place at the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mpac-events/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green (MGG) Lawn &amp; Land Forum</a>.\r\n\r\nThe MGG Forum started as a partnership between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally.\r\n\r\nOur first session on <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">October 26<sup>th</sup>, 2016</a> covering community engagement ended with more questions than answers, but we want that! The more than 50 participants of the Forum from park and school districts, lawn care providers, and local governments drive the findings and discussions.\r\n\r\nBy using this participant centered format we arrive on IPM and NLC topics and issues that influence everyday decisions in the management of our parks, schools, golf courses, and other recreational spaces.  Case in point, our next MGG Forum webinar on <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday, January 18<sup>th</sup></a> will cover cost factors of IPM after multiple questions and talking points during the October session focused on the topic.\r\n\r\nHow do these discussions relate to tackling public lawn care illiteracy? We find that many homeowners turn to their local park and school districts for expertise on lawn care. This peer-to-peer learning forum encourages these districts to embrace their role as an educator of proper lawn care through technical, communication, and outreach support that reduces uncertainty about less toxic practices and prepares them for the decisions and problems they will face in implementing IPM and/or pesticide-free strategies and policies.\r\n\r\nAs active educators, our park and school districts enable the dispersal of action knowledge at our parks through IPM and NLC demonstrations, signage, and interactive events.  Adding a key piece to our puzzle of achieving large scale pesticide reduction in Chicago, the Midwest, and nationwide.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the forum, visit our page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mpac-events/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGforum</a> or contact me at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a>. Also, please share our January 18<sup>th</sup> session with your local park and/or school district at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>. Each new participant improves the discussions and the resources that we develop at <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/LLFresources</a>.','','','inherit','closed','closed','','3551-revision-v1','','','2017-01-05 17:29:34','2017-01-05 17:29:34','',3551,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3551-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3554,2,'2017-01-05 17:55:09','2017-01-05 17:55:09','','mgg_webinar_blog','','inherit','closed','closed','','mgg_webinar_blog','','','2017-01-05 17:55:09','2017-01-05 17:55:09','',3551,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MGG_Webinar_blog.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3555,2,'2017-01-05 17:55:43','2017-01-05 17:55:43','<h3><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3554\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MGG_Webinar_blog-1024x352.jpg\" alt=\"mgg_webinar_blog\" width=\"337\" height=\"116\" /></h3>\r\n<h3>MPAC\'s Ryan Anderson calls for an all-hands-on-deck effort to eliminate pesticide misuse in 2017. The MGG Forum\'s active education approach builds the foundation.</h3>\r\n2017 started with the worst possible news for us.  On January 2<sup>nd</sup> in Amarillo, Texas <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/us/amarillo-texas-pesticide-deaths/\" target=\"_blank\">four children died</a> in their trailer home from the misuse of the toxic pesticide Aluminum phosphide. The unknown user mixed water with this poison designed to kill rodents and accidentally produced toxic Phosphine gas.\r\n\r\nI mention this story not to scare you, but to enlighten you about the overpowering enemy MPAC faces day in and day out.  No, I’m not talking the billion-dollar pesticide manufacturing industry or your local “chem-lawn” care company. This enemy works far more in the shadows: pesticide misinformation or illiteracy.\r\n\r\nThe Amarillo user clearly got the poison from the black market as they did not know that water would cause such a catastrophic result. Yet, every misinformed resident increases the risk of improper and dangerous pesticide use. That’s a lot of risk given that the majority of us do not devote our professions or lives to pest and weed management. The kind of risk that causes the average urban homeowner to use <a href=\"http://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/lawn/factsheets/LAWNFACTS&amp;FIGURES_8_05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">three to ten times more toxins per acre</a> on their lawns than what the average farmer applies to crops.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160328005521/en/Research-Finds-Majority-Americans-Lack-Lawn-Care\" target=\"_blank\">Survey after survey</a> finds a systemic public misunderstanding of even the simplest lawn care practices of mowing and watering.  The type of systemic misunderstanding that general information about proper lawn management cannot tackle alone.  To challenge this enemy, we need to create action knowledge that guides individuals to reevaluate their lawn care behavior. We need the peer-to-peer learning taking place at the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mpac-events/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green (MGG) Lawn &amp; Land Forum</a>.\r\n\r\nThe MGG Forum started as a partnership between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally.\r\n\r\nOur first session on <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">October 26<sup>th</sup>, 2016</a> covering community engagement ended with more questions than answers, but we want that! The more than 50 participants of the Forum representing park and school districts, lawn care providers, and local governments drive the findings and discussions.\r\n\r\nBy using this participant centered format we arrive on IPM and NLC topics and issues that influence everyday decisions in the management of our parks, schools, golf courses, and other recreational spaces.  Case in point, our next MGG Forum webinar on <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday, January 18<sup>th</sup></a> will cover cost factors of IPM after multiple questions and talking points during the October session focused on the topic.\r\n\r\nHow do these discussions relate to tackling public lawn care illiteracy? We find that many homeowners turn to their local park and school districts for expertise on lawn care. This peer-to-peer learning forum encourages these districts to embrace their role as an educator of proper lawn care through technical, communication, and outreach support that reduces uncertainty about less toxic practices and prepares them for the decisions and problems they will face in implementing IPM and/or pesticide-free strategies and policies.\r\n\r\nAs active educators, our park and school districts enable the dispersal of action knowledge at our <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/pesticide-free-parks/\" target=\"_blank\">parks and recreational spaces</a> through IPM and NLC demonstrations, signage, and interactive events.  Adding a key piece to <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/midwest-grows-green/\" target=\"_blank\">our puzzle</a> of achieving large scale pesticide reduction in Chicago, the Midwest, and nationwide.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the forum, visit our page at <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/mpac-events/mgg-lawn-and-land-forum/\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGforum</a> or contact me at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a>. Also, please share our January 18<sup>th</sup> session with your local park and/or school district at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>. Each new participant improves the discussions and the resources that we develop at <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/LLFresources</a>.','Fighting Enemies, Cultivating Active Educators in 2017','','inherit','closed','closed','','3551-revision-v1','','','2017-01-05 17:55:43','2017-01-05 17:55:43','',3551,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3551-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3557,2,'2017-01-17 21:41:48','2017-01-17 21:41:48','<h1><img class=\"wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MWGG_Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"MWGG_Logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" />Lawn &amp; Land Forum</h1>\r\nThe MGG Lawn &amp; Land Forum is a collaboration between MPAC and the <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association</a> to document, summarize, and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally, and nationally. All summaries, findings, and resources developed from this forum will remain open source to turf managers, policymakers, and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work (see <a href=\"http://www.ilstma.org/newsletter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/LLFresources</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3546\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MGG_Webinar_Eventupd_600-810x1024.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"670\" /></a>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Webinar: Cost Factors</span></h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When</span></h3>\r\nJanuary 18th, 2016, 10 - 11 am\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\r\nWhere</span></h3>\r\nWebinar series at <a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">GoToWebinar</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who</span></h3>\r\nPanelists include Dan Dinelli, Superintendent for North Shore Country Club and Jeff Swano, President for Dig Right In Landscaping, Inc.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Who Should Attend</span></h3>\r\nManagers of turf and other lands including those of Park and School Districts, Municipalities, Policymakers, Non-profits, and Corporate Campuses.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Summary</span></h3>\r\nBring your calculator and help us measure how costs for Integrated Pest Management and/or Natural Lawn Care stack up to conventional lawn care practices! In our second webinar installment of the Midwest Grows Green Lawn &amp; Land Forum, turf experts Dan Dinelli and Jeff Swano evaluate the factors and decisions that could drive up or lower costs in an IPM policy and how to manage them for best results economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Register for Free At</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7677606402087045636\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/MGGjan18</a>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More Questions</span></h3>\r\nContact Ryan Anderson at <a href=\"mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a> or 773-878-8245\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thanks To</span></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://crystalgreen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Green©</a> for sponsoring this seminar.','MGG Lawn And Land Forum','','inherit','closed','closed','','3379-revision-v1','','','2017-01-17 21:41:48','2017-01-17 21:41:48','',3379,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3379-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3559,2,'2017-01-31 16:03:49','2017-01-31 16:03:49','<h3><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3564\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SSP-custodial.jpg\" alt=\"SSP custodial\" width=\"369\" height=\"172\" /></h3>\r\n<h3>IPM Institute for North America\'s Alina Freund takes a dive into school pest management strategies and introduces a new tool that will better our children\'s lives.</h3>\r\nStudents spend a major part of each day in school– at least 25%\r\nof the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the last years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe\r\nI learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','publish','closed','open','','stop-school-pests-ipm-training-for-school-staff','','\nhttp://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/','2017-01-31 16:03:49','2017-01-31 16:03:49','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/?p=3559',0,'post','',0),(3560,2,'2017-01-30 20:59:42','2017-01-30 20:59:42','Students spend a lot of time in school– at least 25% of the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the last years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement..\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe I learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','inherit','closed','closed','','3559-revision-v1','','','2017-01-30 20:59:42','2017-01-30 20:59:42','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3561,2,'2017-01-30 21:04:24','2017-01-30 21:04:24','Students spend a lot of time in school– at least 25% of the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the last years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe I learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','inherit','closed','closed','','3559-revision-v1','','','2017-01-30 21:04:24','2017-01-30 21:04:24','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3562,2,'2017-01-30 21:08:19','2017-01-30 21:08:19','<h3>IPM Institute for North America\'s Alina Freund takes a dive into school pest management strategies and introduces a new tool that will better the lives for our children.</h3>\r\nStudents spend a lot of time in school– at least 25% of the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the last years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe I learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','inherit','closed','closed','','3559-revision-v1','','','2017-01-30 21:08:19','2017-01-30 21:08:19','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3563,2,'2017-01-30 21:12:09','2017-01-30 21:12:09','<h3>IPM Institute for North America\'s Alina Freund takes a dive into school pest management strategies and introduces a new tool that will better our children\'s lives.</h3>\r\nStudents spend a lot of time in school– at least 25% of the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the last years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe I learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','inherit','closed','closed','','3559-revision-v1','','','2017-01-30 21:12:09','2017-01-30 21:12:09','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3564,2,'2017-01-31 15:56:17','2017-01-31 15:56:17','','SSP custodial','','inherit','closed','closed','','ssp-custodial','','','2017-01-31 15:56:17','2017-01-31 15:56:17','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SSP-custodial.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3565,2,'2017-01-31 15:57:42','2017-01-31 15:57:42','<h3><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3564\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SSP-custodial.jpg\" alt=\"SSP custodial\" width=\"369\" height=\"172\" /></h3>\r\n<h3>IPM Institute for North America\'s Alina Freund takes a dive into school pest management strateg\r\nies and introduces a new tool that will better our children\'s lives.</h3>\r\nStudents spend a major part of each day in school– at least 25%\r\nof the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the las\r\nt years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe\r\nI learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','inherit','closed','closed','','3559-revision-v1','','','2017-01-31 15:57:42','2017-01-31 15:57:42','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3566,2,'2017-01-31 15:58:07','2017-01-31 15:58:07','<h3><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3564\" src=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SSP-custodial.jpg\" alt=\"SSP custodial\" width=\"369\" height=\"172\" /></h3>\r\n<h3>IPM Institute for North America\'s Alina Freund takes a dive into school pest management strategies and introduces a new tool that will better our children\'s lives.</h3>\r\nStudents spend a major part of each day in school– at least 25%\r\nof the time they’re awake! An unhealthy school environment can have a profound effect on their health and well-being in the short- and long-term. To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the las\r\nt years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe\r\nI learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! 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To avoid unhealthy environments, the <a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\">IPM Institute for North America</a> helped create a free, self-guided <strong><a href=\"http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a></strong> training package for K-12 staff involved in the environmental health of schools.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by a team of IPM experts, this training will benefit any K-12 school district that wants to improve their school’s environmental health by reducing hazards from pests and pesticides in and outside the school building.\r\n\r\n“Ensuring the health of students involves finding a balance in pest management efforts. This training packet will give staff the tools to effectively find that balance,” said Tom Green, President of the IPM Institute of North America and part of the team that developed the project over the last years.\r\n\r\nSchools regularly face pest problems that affect their day-to-day operations, and emerging challenges such as Zika always require new approaches. Pests and chemical exposure threaten the <a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/childrens-health/\" target=\"_blank\">health of our children</a> the most, because of their developing bodies and habits. School districts respond to these threats and pressures on their students by improving the environmental health of their buildings and grounds that in turn achieves increases in scholastic achievement.\r\n\r\nThe nine modules of the training titled <strong><a href=\"https://ipminstitute.org/projects/school-ipm-2020/newsletters/stop-school-pests-self-guided-online-training-available-now/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop School Pests</a> </strong>offer individualized training for Facility Managers, Maintenance Staff, Administrative Staff, Teachers, Food Service Staff, Custodial Staff, Landscape and Grounds Staff, School Nurses, and Technicians/Pest Management Providers.\r\n\r\n“I have been a school nurse for 25 years and I cannot believe\r\nI learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, School Nurse for the Apache Junction Unified School District after taking the training during its pilot testing.\r\n\r\nFunding for the project came from the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (NIFA) and University of Arizona – Arizona Pest Management Center.\r\n\r\nTo assure a wide swath of input to inform this one-of-a-kind project, parties included 20 academic institutions, 11 state agencies, three federal agencies, nine child health advocacy agencies, eight school districts, two tribes, and four industry partners.\r\n\r\n“More than 50 subject matter experts were involved in creating the training. Their collective wisdom was vast and generously given,” said Dawn Gouge, a member of the core project team and trained school staff in the pilot testing phase.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why IPM in schools?\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IPM</a> is a science-based approach to reducing risk and improving effectiveness in pest management. Because pests need food, water and shelter to thrive, the IPM approach employs common sense improvements to sanitation and building maintenance standards, all geared towards keeping pests from resources they need to survive and breed. IPM relies on a good understanding of pest biology and ecology in the school environment. IPM aims to prevent pests in the long-term, and utilizes the least-hazardous, most effective, sustainable and cost-effective methods to control infestations when they do occur.\r\n\r\n<strong>To earn a certificate for taking the Stop School Pests training please contact </strong><a href=\"mailto:afreund@ipminstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alina Freund</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Stop School Pests! IPM Training for School Staff','','inherit','closed','closed','','3559-revision-v1','','','2017-01-31 16:03:49','2017-01-31 16:03:49','',3559,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/3559-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3569,2,'2017-02-08 17:19:47','2017-02-08 17:19:47','','Activist\'s Toolkit','','inherit','closed','closed','','activisttoolkitupdated','','','2017-02-08 17:20:16','2017-02-08 17:20:16','',119,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ActivistToolkitUpdated.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(3570,2,'2017-02-13 22:02:33','2017-02-13 22:02:33','','10StepsToControlPestsUpdated','','inherit','closed','closed','','10stepstocontrolpestsupdated','','','2017-02-13 22:02:33','2017-02-13 22:02:33','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10StepsToControlPestsUpdated.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(3571,2,'2017-02-13 22:09:14','2017-02-13 22:09:14','<h2>Resources</h2>\r\nMidwest Pesticide Action Center has developed a number of toolkits, guides, and factsheets to help you reduce your exposure to pesticides. Our information empowers renters, homeowners, managers, parents, and decision-makers to make smart decisions that lead to healthier communities.\r\n\r\nContinue reading<a name=\"Features\"></a> for: <a href=\"#Features\">Feature Publications</a>, <a href=\"#Home\">In Your Home</a>, <a href=\"#Community\">In Your Community</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3>Feature Publications</h3>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<strong>Activist’s Toolkit: </strong>The basics of natural lawn care, health benefits of switching to natural lawn care, and practical tools and example documents to use during a campaign.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Activists-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Activists Toolkit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit:</strong> Information about pesticide reduction as a sustainable cost effective choice for municipal operations.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Toolkit-4-21-2014-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Midwest Grows Green: A Guide to Growing an Environmentally-Friendly Lawn &amp; Garden: </strong>Reduce your contribution to climate change, help your lawn and garden adapt to a changing environment, and produce beautiful outdoor spaces.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WOY_Midwest_Grows_Green_Guide-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green Guide</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<strong>Human Health and Pesticides: Glyphosate and 2,4-D:</strong> This white paper discusses the common active ingredients in lawn pesticides of Glyphosate and 2,4-D and their human health impacts.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MPAC_WhitePaper-final-12.11.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Human Health and Pesticides White Paper</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Resource Guide for Integrated Pest Management in Schools/Childcares:</strong> The materials your school needs to put an IPM program in place, including sample policies, forms and protocol.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for IPM in Schools and Childcares</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Battling Bed Bugs in Chicago: </strong>View our bed bug policy, which demonstrates the necessity of taking action on this issue.\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WIH_MPAC-Battling-Bed-Bugs-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Battling Bed Bugs in Chicago: Making the Case for a Comprehensive Plan</a>\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n<a name=\"Home\"></a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\nThe following publications are also available for download. Some publications offer downloads in multiple languages. <span class=\"orange\">Click or tap a title to start download.</span>\r\n<h3>In Your Home</h3>\r\n<h4>Indoors</h4>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Ordinance Essentials\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Ordinance for Tenants English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_Arabic1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Arabic</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPAC-BedBugOrdTen_FS_Burmese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Burmese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Chicago-Tenants-Rights-and-Responsibilities-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Tenants Rights and Responsibilities English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Chicago-Tenants-Rights-and-Responsibilities-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Checklist for Tenants English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-Spanish1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Tenants-Checklist-Chinese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-Polish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Tenants-French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-How-Do-I-Know-Im-Receiving-IPM-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I Know I\'m Receiving IPM Factsheet</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10StepsToControlPestsUpdated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">10 Steps to Pest Control English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-10-Steps-to-Pest-Control-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/WI_MPAC-Pest-Control-Companies-That-Provide-IPM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pest Control Companies That Provide IPM</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Ants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ants</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Cockroaches.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cockroaches</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Mice-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mice</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bed-Bug-Ordinance-Essentials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a>\r\n<h4>Outdoors</h4>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Products-for-Your-Natural-Lawn1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Products for Your Natural Lawn</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-NLC-Calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Lawn Care Calendar</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/MPAC-Natural-Lawn-Care-for-Homeowners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Lawn Care for Homeowners</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Read-Your-Weeds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read Your Weeds</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Mosquito-Misters-What-You-Need-to-Know.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mosquito Misters: What You Need to Know</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Complete-Mosquito-Factsheet-Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mosquitos and West Nile Virus</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MPAC-Pets-and-Pesticides-TU.pdf\" target=\"blank\">Pets and Pesticides</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Asthma-Pests-and-Pesticides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Asthma, Pests, and Pesticides</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Truth-About-Head-Lice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Truth About Head Lice</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Reasonable-Accomodations-for-Renters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reasonable Accommodations for Renters with Pest Problems</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bugs English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Chinese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-Polish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polish</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-French.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">French</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-all-vols-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter All Volumes</a><a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 13\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BiteBack_Spring14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 13\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BiteBack_vol14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.14</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 15\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-newsletters-Vol.-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.15</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 16\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WIH_MPAC-BITE-Back-newsletter-Vol.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.16</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 17\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BiteBack_Summer16-vol.-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.17</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" title=\"B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol. 18\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BiteBack_Fall16_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Newsletter vol.18</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bedbugs-Poster-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">B.I.T.E. Back! Bed Bug Poster English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Bedbugs-Poster-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Landlords-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bug Checklist for Landlords English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bed-Bug-Checklist-for-Landlords-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WIH_MPAC-How-to-Hire-a-PCO-For-BB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to Hire a Pest Control Operator For Bed Bugs</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Bee-Friendly-Garden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Bee-Friendly Garden is a Pesticide-Free Garden</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MWGG_Brochure_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Grows Green Brochure</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Talking-to-Your-Neighbors-About-Pesticides1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Talking to Your Neighbors About Pesticides</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Pesticide-Free-Zone-Sign-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Free Zone Sign</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WOY_MPAC-Pesticide-Free-Zone-Sign-order-form-color.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Free Zone Sign Order Form</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Midwest_Lawncare_Website_updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Midwest Natural Lawn Care Companies</a>\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<h3>In Your Community</h3>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-The-Activists-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Activist\'s Toolkit</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Toolkit-4-21-2014-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Pesticide Reduction Toolkit</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Resource-Guide-for-IPM-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for IPM in Schools and Childcares</a><strong>\r\n</strong><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MPAC-Healthy-Parks-Campaign.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Parks Campaign</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ParentsRight-to-Know-NotificationGuidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Parents\' Right to Know Notification Guidelines English</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ParentsRight-to-Know-NotificationGuidelines-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Reducing-Pesticides-in-Schools-a-Parents-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reducing Pesticides in Schools: A Parent\'s Guide</a>\r\n<a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MPAC-Bed-Bugs-in-Schools-and-Childcares.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bed Bugs in Schools and Childcares\r\n</a><a class=\"download\" href=\"http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WOY_MPAC-Pesticide-Disposal-The-Right-Way.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pesticide Disposal the Right Way</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half_last]','Resources','','inherit','closed','closed','','119-revision-v1','','','2017-02-13 22:09:14','2017-02-13 22:09:14','',119,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/119-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3572,2,'2017-02-13 22:10:53','2017-02-13 22:10:53','','ActivistToolkitUpdated','','inherit','closed','closed','','activisttoolkitupdated-2','','','2017-02-13 22:10:53','2017-02-13 22:10:53','',0,'http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ActivistToolkitUpdated.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),