Golf and the Environment Beyond Pesticides' work on golf and the environment continues to be an important strategy for outreach to the land area with one of the most highly concentrated per acre use of pesticides. The extensive use of pesticides on golf courses raises serious questions about people's toxic exposure, drift over neighboring communities, water contamination, and effects on wildlife and sensitive ecosystems.
Recent Updates
•Read, "Poisoned Golf A groundskeeper speaks out on contamination and poisoning," from the Summer 2011 issue of Pesticides and You.
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/infoser ... -golf2.pdf•Background information on golf, pesticides and organic management
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/golf/background.htm•Environmental Principles for Golf and the Environment.
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/golf/pr ... /index.htl•Health Effects of 30 Commonly Used Lawn & Golf Course Pesticides.
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/lawn/fa ... health.pdf