"Do not buy any plants from Home Depot, Lowes, or Ace hardware" ???
While I understand the enthusiasm to jump on this anti-pesticide bandwaggon, and certainly count myself in that crowd, one can't just make a "blanket ban" on buying "any plants" from the above-cited retailers. They buy from "growers", as do most retailers/garden centres nationally, offering live plants. Only a few that grow their own, and thus can if they wish, control what pesticides they use. Although I have been very good, in fact, excellent at being "apolitical" in any posting on this great site, I'm going to break my abstinence now: Your present EPA Director (regardless of what Party he belongs to) is hell-bent on tearing away "every environmental law and eco-concern," as fast as he can, and as such, there is a good probability that you will see restrictions drastically lifted on "available pesticides", let alone lifted on water and air quality. Just sayin!