the movement to ban cosmetic chem use on lawns started in Canada in Quebec and then spread to Ontario this spring. many eastern US cities were the early adapters. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=371 here's a list of US Cities on board, banning the use on city public land. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/lawn/activist/index.htm#locali you can make fun of it if you want, but we're talking a large tonnage of materials that could be taken out of the environment. oh yeah - BTW - lots of women's cosmetics are full of nasty materials too. some of the more informed women buy all plant based products in a rapidly growing market. **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************