If you don’t like chemical pesticides but don’t like
pests either, then Pesticides in our Communities: Choices for
Change may be for you. It tells how to substitute boric-acid
powder, powdered sugar, corn syrup and stale beer for dichlorvos
(Vapona), chlorpyrifos (Raid Roach, Hot Shot Roach), and carbaryl
(Sevin). Published by Concern Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based
public-interest organization, the 31-page booklet tells what to
look for at a golf course, public park, in the home, and anywhere
else pesticides can be found. This is one of a series of compact
guides Concern Inc. publishes; other titles cover drinking water,
farmlands, household waste and groundwater. A publication catalog
is available free. To order Pesticides in our Community or other
guides, send $4 for each to Concern Inc., 1794 Columbia Road, NW,
Washington, DC 20009
(202/328-8160).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Pests and pesticides.
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