A pilot program to prevent pesticide use in city parks is already showing signs of success. The city is working with a variety of environmental advocates to promote a safer place to play. tvjessi reports.
, this coalition's mission to advocate for environmental justice succeeded.
City parks have already reduced overall pesticide use by 98% in the past decade and currently only treat invasive species in areas not open to the public. "Samples of this soil went under a microscope," said president Chip Osborne,"and all those little organisms under there were identified, and what they're doing and how they're working."
"Within five years of a program like this, we should see a 35% reduction in water use," Osborne said.
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