Will zinc sulphate hurt the environment?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heavily regulates pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972 and sets stringent standards and tests which must be passed before pesticides, herbicides and rodenticides are allowed on the market. Every so many years they come up for review. Industries must pay large amounts of money in testing, research and development. Chemicals that are ineffective and harmful are quickly weeded out. Zinc sulphate has proven itself effective aginst moss and safe for the environment. I have been educated on pesticide application and have an operators license for the business and an applicators license for myself. Please also visit the license and contact information toward the top middle of this page. Following paragraph copied from this government site: http://www.tfhrc.gov/hnr20/recycle/waste/rss1.htm Approximately 10 million metric tons (11 million tons) of asphalt roofing shingle scrap is generated each year in the Unit
