What is Our water—Our world (owow)? Things to Avoid and Why The OWOW program is a partnership between l Aerosols and Home Foggers Aerosols and home foggers disperse chemi- local government agencies and businesses to cals in a way that significantly increase the reduce water pollution caused by pesticides. This risk of exposure to unintentional targets pocket-guide offers product choices that are less – including people and pets. toxic to people, pets and the environment. For a l Metaldehyde Snail Baits They contribute to hundreds of pet poisonings larger list, visit www.ourwaterourworld.org per year.

l Pyrethroids Avoid products ending in Are Products Really Necessary? “thrin.”* They belong to a class of pesticides Products (even those found in this pocket guide) should not called pyrethroids and are a threat to water be the first line of defense against pests! Good pest management quality. They are also highly toxic to aquatic should focus on preventing pest problems to begin with. This might insects and crustaceans. The exception to mean keeping counters free of crumbs to avoid ants, pruning out this is pyrethrin which is produced naturally Pests Bugging from the chrysanthemum flower. Pests Bugging aphid populations before they get out of control, using slow-release fertilizers or compost that allow grass and plants to absorb nutrients l Lawn Pesticides Lawn weed killers and You? more efficiently, or attracting beneficial insects – such as ladybugs insecticides are rarely, if ever, needed for You? and green lacewings – that help keep garden pests (like aphids and home lawns. Chemicals in them are linked mealybugs) under control. to adverse long-term health effects. In A Pocket Guide for Many gardeners kill beneficial insects because they mistake them particular, “weed-and-feed” type products, which mix fertilizers with pesticides, result Choosing Products Less Toxic for pests. When you lose beneficial insects, you lose one of the best in unnecessary pesticide use. See www. nontoxic defenses to a healthy garden! For more information on these beyondpesticides.org/lawn/index.htm to People and Pets garden predators, go to www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/NE/index.html *Look at the front of the label under “Active Ingredients.” www.ourwaterourworld.org Pest and Less Toxic Alternatives Pest and Less Toxic Alternatives Pest and Less Toxic Alternatives Less Toxic Active Ingredients Ants Fleas Mites Active ingredients are listed on the front of Combat Quick Kill Concern Crawling Insect Killer Bonide All Season’s Oil the product. The following is a partial list of Combat Source Kill Fleanix Bonide RX 3 in 1 active ingredients found in products that are Grant’s Kills Ants Greenlight Bioganic Lawn & Garden* Garden Safe Fungicide 3 considered less toxic. For a more complete Orange Guard Insecticidal Soaps* Greenlight Neem listing, go to www.ourwaterourworld.org Safer Roach and Ant Killing Powder *(will work on adult fleas and is only to be Greenlight Rose Defense Tanglefoot Pest Barrier applied outdoors where pets may be lying) Lily Miller Superior Type Oil abamectin containerized bait form) Terro II Liquid Ant Baits Safer Crawling Insect Killer Master Nursery Pest Fighter Oil ammoniated soap of hydramethlynon (ONLY Aphids Mealybugs Ortho Volk Oil fatty acids in containerized bait form Bonide Rose RX 3 in 1 Bonide All Seasons Oil Summit Year Round Oil arsenic (ONLY in or gel) Bug Blaster Concern Pesticidal Oil Sun-Spray Ultra Fine containerized bait form) hydrophobic extract Concern Pesticidal Oil Lily Miller Superior Type Oil Snails and Slugs Bacillus subtilis of neem Greenlight Neem Monterey Safe-T-Cide Bayer Dual Action Slug and Snail Bacillus thuringiensis iron phosphate Greenlight Rose Defense Ortho Volk Oil Bonide Slug Magic isrealensis lemon eucalyptus oil Insecticidal Soaps (e.g Bonide, Garden Safe, Concern) Stoller Natur’l Oil Copper Barrier Tape borax and boric acid methoprene Ortho Volk Oil Summit Year Round Oil Escargo canola oil orthoboric acid Sunspray Ultra-Fine Oil Garden Safe Slug and Snail Mosquitoes castor oil, vegetable paraffinic oil Sluggo wax, gum resin petroleum oil Cockroaches Bayer Mosquito Preventer Granules Worry Free Combat Quick Kill Bonide Mosquito Plunks citric acid picaridin Combat Roach Killing Gel Mosquito Bits Whiteflies clove, rosemary, potassium bicarbonate Concern Crawling Insect Killer Prestrike granules (larvae control only) Whitefly Sticky Traps sesame and thyme oil potassium soap (or PIC Boric Acid Roach Powder Summit Mosquito Dunks (See Mite Control Oil Products) corn gluten salts) of fatty acids Roach and Insect Magnet Vectobac Yellowjackets d-Limonene sodium tetraborate Roach Motel or Roach Prufe Traps diatomaceous earth decahydrate Safer Crawling Insect Killer This pocket guide was developed by Marin County Stormwater eugenol soybean oil and Safer Roach and Ant Killing Powder Pollution Prevention Program (MCSTOPPP) in San Rafael, Revised: September 2006 fipronil (ONLY in 415/499-6528, with assistance from Ann Joseph Consulting. cottonseed oil