What can I do to reduce my use of hazardous products?
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- Think before you buy!
- Choose safer alternatives whenever possible, for example, choose water-based products over solvent-based ones.
- Avoid aerosols if you can.
- Avoid products containing:
- chlorinated compounds
- petroleum distillates
- phenols
- formaldehyde
- Avoid chemical air fresheners.
- Try to buy only what you need so you aren't left with hazardous waste.
- Give left over products to a responsible neighbor or friend who can use it up.
- Plant pest- and disease-resistant species of plants in your garden.
- Reassess your tolerance of pests and if you must kill them, learn how to target them more effectively.
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Never use banned or restricted pesticides or products!
The Environmental protection Agency (EPA?s) web site at www.epa.gov/oppfead/international/piclist.htm lists banned or restricted pesticides and products including but not limited to:
- Aldrin
- Asbestos (all forms)
- Benzene Hexachloride (BHC)
- Cadmium Compounds
- Calcium Arsenate
- Carbon Tetrachloride
- Chlordane
- Diazinon
- Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
- DDT
- Dieldrin
- Dinoseb
- Endrin
- Heptachlor
- Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
- Lead Arsenate
- Mirex
- Phenylmercury Acetate (PMA)
- Phenyl- Mercuric Oleate (PMO)
- Silvex
- Sodium Arsenite
- Sodium Arsenate
- Strychnine
- Sulfuric Acid
- 2,4,5- Trichloro-Phenoxyacetic (245-T)
- Vinyl Chloride