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Stop Commercial Exploitation of Childrenc/o Judge Baker Childrens Center53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MA 02120-3225617-278-4282 617-232-7343 (fax)David Messersmith, PresidentChris Branscome, Director of MarketingUS Youth Soccer1717 Firman Drive, Suite 900Richardson, TX 75081Dear Mr. Messersmith and Mr. Branscome,We are writing to express our concern over the corporate sponsorship agreement between TruGreen/ChemLawn and US Youth Soccer (USYS). We feel strongly that the harm to children and families from this agreement outweighs any financial benefit for USYS.As part of this promotion, TruGreen/ChemLawn sent a mailer addressed to the “family of” children who are members of US Youth Soccer - presumably after getting each childs home address from USYS. The mailing, which features pictures of a young boy playing soccer and a soccer ball, features the US Youth Soccer logo and mentions five times that TruGreen/ChemLawn will donate a percentage of each purchase to USYS.Children are more likely to read a mailing that has their name listed in the addressee line. In addition, pictures of soccer and US Youth Soccer logo are likely to pique the interest of young soccer players. Clearly, TruGreen/ChemLawn wants to enlist children as allies to ask or nag their parents for lawn services so that any parent who chooses not hire ChemLawn will be viewed by their children as not caring about youth soccer. To put it simply, TruGreen/Chem/Lawn marketers want to make it as hard as possible for parents to say no.And why would parents want to say no to TruGreen/ChemLawns services? Because like so much that is marketed to or through children, ChemLawns pesticides can be harmful to them. Studies have linked lawn pesticides to birth defects, liver and kidney damage, and neurological disorders. K. Machera. Commmon Birth Defects Increase After Pesticide Exposure. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination Toxicology, 54:363-369, 1995; Beyond Pesticides, Health Effects of 36 Commonly Used Lawn Pesticides, updated 2002. Young children and adolescents are particularly susceptible to the toxic effects of lawn chemicals US EPA, Office of the Administrator, Environmental Health Threats to Children, EPA 175-F-96-001, September 1996; the use of pesticides has been linked to an increased risk of childhood illnesses including non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, brain cancer, and leukemia. Zahm, S.H., Ward, M.H., Pesticides and Childhood Cancer, Environmental Health Perspective. 106 Suppl 3: 893-908 1998 Of the three active ingredients in ChemLawns popular Tri-Power system, two (MCPA and Mecoprop-P) are possibly carcinogenic; the third (Dicamba) is classified by the Pesticide Action Network as a developmental and reproductive toxin. /Detail_Product.jsp?REG_NR=00022800301&DIST_NR=071902Childrens love of soccer should not be exploited to market toxic products. With this in mind, we recommend the US Youth Soccer do the following:1) Protect childrens health by not renewing their sponsorship agreement with ChemLawn when the current agreement expires in December, 2004.2) Protect childrens privacy by refusing to share their contact information with USYS and other corporate sponsors.3) Refrain from working with corporate partners whose products and/or practices may cause harm to children. Sincerely,Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children ()Action Coalition for Media Education ()Concerned Educators Allied for a Safe Environment ()Dads and Daughters ()Family and Home Network (www.FamilyAndH)Kids Can Make a Difference ()The Media Center at Judge Baker Childrens Center ()The Motherhood Project ()School Mediation Associates ()Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Entertainment ()Beyond Pesticides ()California Safe Schools ()Childrens Health Environmental Coalition ()Clean Water Action ()Coalition for Environmentally Safe SchoolsCommercial Alert ()Environment and Human Health, Inc ()Generation Green ()The Green Decade Coalition/Newton ()HealthLink ()Healthy Schools Network, Inc. ()Healthy Kids: The Key to Basics ()Jesses Project (/jesseproject)Massachusetts Parent Teacher Association ()Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition ()Maryland Pesticide Netwo
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