The Grass Doctor

Using weed/grass killer for lawn while pregnant?

I'm 18 weeks and my husband is rarely around so I am forced to do most of the lawn care for our rental home. I've been using an organic weed/grass killer spray to kill the weeds. Do you think it could be harmful to my baby doing this? I always wash my hands well afterwards.

Public Comments

1. I have the same problem but we have acreage & it's alot of work, I don't use any poisons around the lawns as we have horses & even my dogs eat the odd blade of grass & I don't want them to get sick. You can use boiling water or vinegar as a natural herbicide which is cheaper & better for the environment. Also, pulling weeds by hand can be good squatting practice! If you're going to continue to spray use a face mask, I'd be more worried about inhaling it than anything else. Hope this helps :)
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