Average number of people injured per year from 1994 to 2004 using lawn mowers: |
75,500 |
Percent of households that fail to read the instructions before using lawn-care pesticides: |
50 |
Number of birds that die each year due to lawn-care pesticides: |
7 million |
Gallons of gasoline spilled every summer by Americans refueling lawn-care equipment: |
17 million |
Gallons of oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez: |
11 million |
Gallons of water used every day by a golf course in Tampa, Florida: |
178,800 |
Number of Americans whose daily needs that amount would fulfill: |
2,200 |
Percent of California landscapers using leaf blowers who wear hearing protection: |
10 |
Number of years Diazinon, a pesticide similar in composition to nerve gas, continued to be sold after the EPA banned it: |
2 |