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Poisoning weeds, ripping out hedges, and planting 'pretty' but ecologically useless non-native flowers and shrubs make for neat and tidy parks and gardens that harm bees, frogs, fish, and wild birds

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