Golf courses in America maintain high standards when it comes to keeping the turf thick, weed-free and well-groomed on their course's fairways. Since the early 1990s, more attention has been paid to pesticides on golf courses. In recent years, however, golf course managers have begun to realize the effect they were having on the environment, both positive and negative. Many managers have begun consulting with local environmental experts to maintain their courses in a more environmentally friendly manner, and some have even gone organic. There are extreme factors that all golf courses must pay attention to in order to have a luxurious and visually appealing facility. The chemicals are huge. Even the chemicals used are not always harmful. Almost all news articles and stories relating to chemicals and their use on golf courses are, for the most part, quite negative. Golf course chemicals are seen as extremely volatile toxins to humans, plants and animals when in reality this is not always the case. According to researchers Raymond H. Snyder and George H. Snyder, professors at the University of Florida, there have been many misconceptions about golf course chemicals. According to the Snyders, when chemicals are used directly as the label directions tell them to be, chemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers commonly used on golf course turf are believed to pose no real risk to workers' health. who apply the chemicals or others who may come into contact with them after application, meaning golfers are safe. While this is true, since toxicology studies are conducted on laboratory animals, it has not been established with certainty I...... half of the paper ......, but one of the main effects found was that endocrine disruption. Endocrine disruption is described as a change in the balance of hormones in the body and can affect the body's immune system later in life. It can also severely affect the development of the body in younger years and affect the development of organs. Other effects include disease, cancer and birth defects. There are an extreme number of people who show symptoms that can be traced back to the chemicals used on golf courses. Endocrine disruption may be the golfer's ultimate consequence, but no data can ever be constructed due to the lack of human subjects to test. Many courses in the modern era have even started going green and some have even decided to go organic. Golf courses have modernized to fit the mold of a more environmentally conscious world.