[Mintwood-place] Adams Morgan Day - Lowes was Pushing Toxic Pesticides and other Chemicals.

[Adam Eidinger]

Pardon, my description of the yard killed off by Round up can be found 
at *19th and Biltmore Streets*, not 19th and Belmont as mentioned in may 
post.

Sincerely,

Adam

Adam Eidinger wrote:
> Hi Neighbors,
>
> To piggy back on the ridiculous amount of waste generated at Adams 
> Morgan Day, its clear the event needs more than better waste 
> management.  Numerous exhibitors had nothing to do with our 
> neighborhood.  Why does Lowe's,  a huge corporation need to be hawking 
> credit cards, pesticide, herbicide and other toxic garden chemicals in 
> our public space. Seriously, chemicals were the only products I saw in 
> there booth.  I at first politely inquired to the five marketing guys in 
> the booth, who admittedly where not from DC, they felt they would find a 
> good market for these toxic chemicals in our neighborhood.  Much of the 
> stuff was for lawns found in the burbs.  Rather than talk these guys 
> swore at me and told me to "F-off," right in front of my 3 year old.
>
>  Folks, we live in the most densely populated neighborhood in the city. 
> Pouring these chemicals on our tiny green spaces is bad for everyone 
> because run off. They CAUSE CANCER.   Using these chemicals essentially 
> exposes all of us.  If you got weeds there are many natural options, 
> namely pulling them out and filling in cracks in the cement or even 
> better cultivating something in the same space.  
>
> What kind of message do the AM Day organizers want to send with major 
> recycling or use of disposable non-toxic or reusable items in the future 
> - I'd love to know.   Nevertheless, it seems earth raping corporations 
> are free to participate in the public square.  Should that be the case?  
> I don;t think so.
>
> I spent less time at the festival this year for the bad taste is was 
> leaving my gut.  Sale of pesticides and other toxic chemicals is not 
> very festive to me!  There is more on why Pesticides are destroying our 
> environment at http://www.panna.org/
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Adam Eidinger
> 1858 Mintwood Place, NW
>
> P.s - You don't have to leave our neighborhood to see the devastating 
> effects of herbicide, aka Round Up.  Just visit the house at the North 
> side of the intersection of 19th an Belmont streets.  This house which 
> has been under remodeling for at least three 3 years, had a stupid 
> contractor (or owner) who decided to kill all the weeds in the 
> relatively large front lawn with Round Up.  They then covered the area 
> with would chips and planted a row of perhaps 7 large bushes on top of a 
> retaining wall.  All the bushes died (they are still there all brown) 
> and no weeds or any plant will grow there.  They died because the soil 
> in the entire front yard is horribly polluted with ROund Up.  
> Essentially there is a dead zone where nothing will grow.  The new 
> owners, if the place ever sells, may have to truck out all the soil to 
> get things to grow there.  ROund Up is agent orange.  Its kills 
> everything, except crops and grass seed genetically modified to 
> withstand chemical. 
>
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