I noticed the little yellow warning flags are again placed on the small squares of grass in the city sidewalks. For years there have been countless findings that pesticides are literally poison and can cause illness/disease. Small children and pets cannot read the writing on the yellow flags. There have been recent reports that that dogs/pets can and are suffering from the poison. The good news is that there are now alternative weed killers that are safe. Yet the city still uses poison to address the weed issue. It might be time for the city to take a more enlightened view of how to address any weed problem, and put the health of their residents and visitors, and their pets, ahead of weedless plots of grass.
- Ken Rawley, Round Lake
