For the typical golfer, a day playing golf is a day to enjoy the beautiful outdoors. Unfortunately, golf courses typically are among the areas most heavily treated with toxic pesticides. Why is that a concern?

Golf Courses: Polluting with Pesticides

After recently writing an article about Justin Timberlake’s newly reopened green golf course, Mirimichi, I began to dig deeper into the potential hazards that non-green golf courses pose and the ultimate cost that humankind and the environment will have to pay. One of the main and most talked about dangers of golf courses in recent years, has been the use of pesticides on golf course lawns....

Understanding Golf Course Chemicals.

The publicity related to chemicals and their use on golf courses is mostly negative, particularly given the present popularity of the “green” movement. Chemicals are seen as destructive to people, animals and plants. ...