Juanita Browne: Pesticides harm more than the weeds and pests they’re designed to kill

Pesticide chemicals are showing up in fruit, drinking water and breastmilk

One of the ways in which we accidentally add to widescale environmental problems is by using a lot of chemicals in our gardens.

Sometimes we don’t realise the broader environmental impacts of the chemicals we use at home. 

It seems obvious to say that gardeners love the outdoors, and because they find great joy in nature, they would never want to cause environmental harm.