ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A bill limiting the use of lawn fertilizers, a growing source of Chesapeake Bay pollution, is to be signed into law this week.
State, federal and industry officials plan to be in Annapolis on Thursday for the signing by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Lawns are being eyed in bay cleanup efforts because grass covers more acres in the bay watershed than any other crop, and is expected to soon exceed all other crops combined. And while fertilizers help lawns grow, they also harm water quality when they reach the bay.
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5 comments:
When do we get to vote again? We really need to vote for someone that advocates less government! This is ridiculous.
A)What's the point of fertilizer? They've already taken out the phosphorous (you now can only get 10-0-10 instead of the trusty 10-10-10 you had been used to) now they want to cut the nitrogen at least in half. Might as well put your money through a shredder and spread that around instead.
B)Since when is grass a crop? We're not talking about THAT kind of grass here.
C) If you consider it a crop for the sake of argument, it is much more of a crop on this side of the bay. Farm runoff is more of a consideration on this side of the bay than the other side. Poultry farms are much more abundant on this side of the bay. See where I'm going with this?
D) How is this going to be applied to Johnny Homeowner buying his own fertilizer at the local Walmart or even out-of-state? I'll put out as much as I feel I need to and do it whenever I have the time to do it. How are they going to do anything about that?
E)They're all full of "organic fertilizer" anyway, so this kind of thing should come as no surprise.
If I were a teenager again I would go and fertilize his lawn.
Some of you dummies would rather threaten the liveliehoods of all the businesses that rely on a healthy Bay than to risk not having your grass grow as green. Talk about vanity. You need the Gingrich glitter treatment.
clamp down on the REAL polluters! Most of whom are on the other side of the bay.
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