Golf Courses
An average golf course in a tropical country such as Thailand
needs 3307 pounds of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and
herbicides per year and uses as much water as 60,000
rural villagers.
Environmental Impacts of Tourism
1)The U.S. EPA estimated in 1997 that approximately
76 million pounds of pesticide active ingredients
(8 percent of total conventional pesticide use in the United States)
are used in homes and gardens each year.
2)According to the EPA, 95 percent of the pesticides used on
residential lawns are possible or probable carcinogens.
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Lawn Pesticides
A single U.S. course averages about a half ton of chemical
pesticides a year, and there are approximately 12,000 golf
courses in the United States.
CNN-Turf battle rages over golf course chemicals