Lawn-care services: chemicals used

This profile of a simultaneously zealous and anxious community is not unique to Columbus, Ohio. A survey of U.S. households conducted in 2001 asking people how they manage their lawns and how they feel about the risks and hazards associated with turf care, suggests a nation of similarly ambivalent citizens. The survey revealed that those who apply chemicals to their lawns (controlling for income and education) are statistically more likely than nonchemical users to believe that home lawn-care practices generally have a negative impact on local water quality and that lawn-care services have a negative impact on local water quality. People who use chemicals tend to think they are worse for the environment than those who do not. 

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