It continues to amaze me that people applaud the use of frequent heavy duty pesticides, especially for cosmetic reasons (e.g., to have lawns look like carpets). Do they not realize that there are health harms, and so should be used only when necessary?
Well, I recently traveled out of the country and was surprised, even shocked, that some (high end) hotels do routine daily pesticide applications in their gardens, both using a sprayer and fumigation. They even fumigate routinely among people sitting and even dining outside! After asking, I found out that the hotel does this because their customers don't want to see any insects and the daily fumigation shows that "action is being taken".
Are you kidding me? The applicator didn't even wear gloves, and walked along a driveway, as well as a stone terrace next to a building - fumigating all the while. And people just sat there! (My photos were taken through a window.) And by the way, throughout the city there were very few insects, including mosquitos. So was the hotel's fumigation all performative, for show?
What I'm also wondering is whether the pesticide applicator knew about long-term health harms to him, such as cancer and neurological damage?