Most people think of parks as safe havens for their children and pets.
However, the truth is that we are unnecessarily and unknowingly being exposed to pesticides in our parks that threaten human health and the environment. People are largely unaware of the level of pesticide use in our parks because so few park departments notify park users of their use. As we have learned, what we don't know can harm us. Parks - pesticide use The common approach to pest management in most parks is to spray pesticides as soon as a pest problem occurs or to spray preventively whether a problem exists or not. This approach not only threatens public health and the environment, but fails to provide long-term solutions to the problems it is trying to solve.