Survey Background
- Intended to determine the community’s awareness and opinions on pesticide usage
- In all of San Diego throughout all population groups
- 194 people responded to the survey
- We conducted the survey in our schools and neighborhoods
Survey Link
Survey Result
- Area(194 responses collected)
- Gender(194 responses collected)
Age
- Does your neighborhood use pesticide?(206 responses collected)
- Follow up: If so, what type of pesticides does your neighborhood use?(21 responses collected)
- Bug spray
- Roundup?
- Diquat Dibromide, Imidacloprid, Pendimethalin, Propiconazole
- All natural
- Weed killers (roundup)
- Insecticides, herbicides, and wood preservatives.
- Do you have concerns about using pesticides in your neighborhood?(194 responses collected)
- Follow up: If so, what are some concerns?(67 responses collected)
- Health and safety issues for people
- Hope it’s not included as a poisonous ingredient that will affect people’s health, especially for the area which kids will play around
- Safety for my children in the parks
- Long term exposure which has been shown to lead to development of Parkinson’s Disease and Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Carcinogenic/could cause cancer
- Getting sick or dying
- Dangerous to people’s health if home grown fruits and vegetables are treated with pesticides
- Danger to pets and wildlife
- Risk to animals
- I have a cat that roams around from time to time, and I’m not sure if pesticides are pet friendly
- They are harmful to pets as well as wildlife
- They could hurt animals living in the neighborhood
- If there are pesticides on the lawn, it will affect the health of my dog.
- Detrimental effects on surrounding ecosystems and possible harm to unintended organisms
- Could damage ecosystem, kills animals or insects important to environment
- Environmental issues
- Runoff will affect the ocean
- It could get into the water and poison the environment, wildlife, or pets
- Damage to water sources, plants, animals, etc.
- The further growth of pest resistance to pesticides--via natural selection.
- I don’t want pesticides in the water supply.
- Health for myself and for the environment. As well as the packaging of the pesticides attributing to climate change
- The animals or bugs die, or ruin rain water
- The resulting negative environmental impact they have, especially if pesticides are commonly used in surrounding neighborhoods.
- Health and safety issues for people
- Would you consider using organic pest treatment if your provided the option?
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