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This brochure, produced by the Marin County Stormwater Prollution Prevention Program (MCSTOPPP), features the “good bugs” that protect your garden by hunting down and feasting on harmful insects such as aphids (ladybug picture). One reason the Our Water Our World program discourages use of “broad-spectrum” pesticides is that they kill the “good bugs” along with the bad.
Download a copy here, or ask for it in your local participating store.
Common home and garden pesticides are found in stormwater runoff, treated wastewater, and in local waterways, sometimes at levels that can harm sensitive aquatic life. Our Water Our World, sponsor of this website, is a joint effort by water pollution prevention agencies, participating retail stores, and pesticide distributors and manufacturers — working together to reduce the risks associated with pesticide use.
This website is provided as a public service. No endorsement of specific brand name products is intended, nor is criticism implied of similar products that are not mentioned.