Can lawn fertilizers harm people or pets?
Yes, synthetic lawn fertilizers can harm people and pets in a number of ways. Fertilizers can even kill babies. Most sane people detest the fact of eating pesticides on conventionally grown food. And people who have done their research realize that herbicides are even more harmful. But one of the most overlooked areas are the detrimental effects of synthetic fertilizers. There is never any reason not to use natural organic methods in gardening and agriculture, and in raising livestock and poultry. The natural way is cost effective, produces better results, and is more nutritious. There are fewer problems with insects or disease or weeds with organic methods. In fact, the “hoax” of the the bird flu is a result of gross un-natural methods of raising chickens. A similar situation exists with mad cow. Even Prince Charles understands this. By the way, Donald Rumsfeld cashed in $5 million in stock recently from the bird flu scare (with another 25 million held in portfolio). That bastard also