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"Homeowners use up to 10 times more chemical pesticides per acre on their lawns than farmers use on crops." - Jamie Rappaport Clark, Director of the U.S. Fish
by culot 8y ago
"Homeowners use up to 10 times more chemical pesticides per acre on their lawns than farmers use on crops."
- Jamie Rappaport Clark, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [circa 2000]
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https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=1914520959 https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=1914520959
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Homeowners use up to 10 times more chemical pesticides per acre on their lawns than farmers use on crops. That statement says a lot less than it is designed to sound like it says. I mean, it's literally true if the most pesticide happy homeowner with a postage stamp sized lawn saturates it with pesticide at a per-acre use 10 times that is typical of farms What you want is “on average” comparison, not “up to”, which is only useful for deception.