He uses these items as pesticides. As time passes, more and more so-called safe chemicals are outlawed, he says, after society has been used as a guinea pig. That's why Lopez promotes organic alternatives through books, tapes, lectures, and radio shows, and now through his web site. It scrambles their senses and drives them away. Vinegar also works well in gardens.
Many plants thrive on it as a nutritional supplement and quickly absorb it.
When poured in a bowl, it also can attract and kill pests. With each passing year there is a growing concern that synthetic pesticides are linked to some cancers and illnesses. Fetuses exposed to home pest strips during the final three months of pregnancy had three times the normal rate of leukemia, and children exposed to them after birth ran twice the normal risk rate of leukemia, the study found. Just cover a bowl of vinegar with lettuce leaves and place it in your garden. It's a good trap.