06/22/2021
Please Pick Up Dog Poo Before We Mow Your Lawn!!
It’s not actually a fertilizer, you know…
Although dog p**p can seem quite harmless, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) feels otherwise. Dog p**p is actually considered an environmental pollutant in the same category as herbicides, insecticides, oil, grease, toxic chemicals, and acid drainage. It actually does the opposite of fertilizing your lawn, leaving your perfectly green grass with discoloring and even burns.
It’s said that a gram of dog waste can actually contain up to 23 million f***l bacteria, and can even carry diseases including whipworms, hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms, parvo, corona, giardiasis, salmonellosis, cryptosporidiosis, and campylobacteriosis. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), humans can actually contract diseases from pet droppings if not handled properly. All it takes is contact with the soil to catch a disease such as this.
This, of course, can cause issues if you’re trying to mow your lawn. By leaving the dog’s waste in the backyard while you mow, you are then spreading what has been determined as “toxic” chemicals by the EPA and CDC all over your lawn. It will certainly diminish the color and look of the luscious green grass you have and will create a higher likelihood of catching zoonoses. Zoonoses comes from the eggs of roundworms and other parasites, which can actually live in your soil for years and years. Which, of course, sounds pretty dangerous if your kid wants to play an innocent game of catch in the backyard.
Needless to say, remove the p**p. The best thing you can do for your soil (and those living on the property) is to remove the f***s right away after the dog does the nasty.
