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Current CT Regulations

Current Connecticut regulations ban pesticide use on lawns and grounds of schools and daycare centers and playgrounds. 

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However, residential, private, and public property, including golf courses, fall under a different patchwork of regulations, some with gaping loopholes. 

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For example, while residents can no longer purchase neonicotinoid pesticides at a garden center, their lawn care service (certified applicator) can apply neonics liberally, whether there’s a demonstrable problem or not. See restricted use.

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Do you or your neighbors use lawn care services? How often do you see those small yellow flags on lawns in your neighborhood? Do you know what that lawn care service applied and for what purpose? Was it targeted to kill an infestation of a specific insect (a verifiable need) or as a preventative measure?

Restricted Use Pesticides

In Connecticut, some pesticides may only be purchased and applied by certified professional applicators and are not available for sale or use to consumers.

Schools

Connecticut banned the use of all EPA-registered lawn care pesticides labeled for use on lawn (including athletic fields), garden and ornamental sites on the grounds of public and private daycares and school grades pre-K through 8.

Golf Courses

A Connecticut 2023 ban makes it illegal to use chlorpyrifos pesticide, known to cause neurodevelopmental harm and reproductive toxicity, on golf courses or for any cosmetic or non-agricultural use. 

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