Tru Green Lawn Treatments and Weed Killer products in the neighborhood

[Buzz]

First, I want to start by saying I am not a hard core environmentalist, so please take a minute to read this and do your own research on Glyphosate.

I am seriously concerned about the numerous homes in my Admiral neighborhood that use the super toxic Tru Green lawn services and other highly toxic weed killing products; This stuff is so not safe. I was walking last night and saw a dad and his young daughter running, playing and rolling on their green lawn that still has the sign that said “this lawn has been treated with Tru Green” on it. If they have to put a sign up, it is dangerous. I saw two little girls playing on another lawn that had the same sign. I always see dogs on these lawns as well. Not only is it dangerous to humans, it is extra dangerous to pets and wildlife that are more sensitve to these pesticides. There are scores of vet research projects that link use of pesticides and heribicides with a high incidence of cancers in pets. The worst part is you can smell lawns that have been treated when one walks by. This also goes for herbicides and pesticides such as roundup and other products sold widely at any garden store. I know people like to have nice lawns and no weeds in this neighborhood but it is seriously dangerous to all of us because it doesn’t just stay on your lawn…anyone who walks in this neighborhood has no choice but to encounter it. Please neighbors do some research on the safety of these for your children and pets. And not on the labels or from the company you pay.

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[kayo]

I am with you, Buzz. I will take my buttercup, dandelions, shot weed and moss over potentially dangerous chemicals any day. I think we need to redefine what a “perfect lawn” means for the sake of ourselves, our kids, and the animals/insects that we share this planet with… A good hand weeding done a couple times a year can keep up with a lot of lawn weeds, especially if you have something like a weed hound tool.

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[PLS]

I think the sign is up for advertising, not warning.

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[wakeflood]

It’s amazing how prevalent it is. Pretty much everywhere there’s nicely manicured lawns, you’ll find folks nuking it or paying to have it nuked.

It’s a big business and you’re right, kayo, it’s going to take folks changing their perception of what a yard “should” look like. Most of these folks will never put 2 & 2 together and realize that their pets and kids are getting dosed with potentially lethal toxins over time, they’ll keep on doing it.

God forbid we actually have PSA’s about that stuff. We can’t disparage the chemical companies!! They’ll sue everyone and anyone to keep those messages out of the public eye.

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[KatherineL]

After reading about the effects of herbicides and chemical fertilizers since the ’70’s, I am a hard core environmentalist.

Recently my cat got sick. Some time after spending $60 to call Poison Control and another $300 for the vet, I discovered a neighbor had used glyphosate on some blackberries behind my house. The cat did survive.

The yard service next door applied Moss Out, apparently on a breezy day several weeks ago. I now have a brown strip next to their property where nothing has come back.

It enrages me that companies advertise these products as “safe.” They are not safe.

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[Magpie]

I am a hard core enviromentalist, too. It amazes me that people think that these neuro toxins, etc are safe for their kids and pets when in fact, they are not. We have beehives and have lost whole hives due to our neighbor’s negligence with pesticides.

My next door neighbor (who I refer to as the roundup king) actually told my husband (when my husband told him about how bad the roundup he was using was for his two small children) that it says it’s safe for kids on the container. Yeah, because we all know how honest Monsanto is.

I have a cousin who works for the Kent parks department and their employees get hazzardous duty pay for spraying these chemicals and can opt out of doing it. They have to wear a full hazzardous waste suit to do it. Then they warn the public to stay off of the grass for 3 days.

I don’t use any pesticides or herbicides and yes, I have too weed alot. I mow my dandeloins and figure that if it gets too bad, I just hire Casa Latina for the day.

It’s a shame there is so much perceived status to a green, weedfree lawn. PS, mulching saves a lot of back work and it really keeps the weeds down naturally.

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[Buzz]

Here is a good handout I found from the King County Website about talking to your neighbors about pesticides.

http://watoxics.org/files/talking-to-your-neighbors-about-pesticides

You can also get this free yard sign saying you don’t use pesticides in your yard…it might get people curious at least and start the conversation?

http://watoxics.org/healthy-living/healthy-homes-gardens-1/pesticide-free-zone/pesticide-free-zone-main/

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[anonyme]

PLS, it is not advertising, it’s the law.

Europe has banned most of these pesticides, and for good reason. Even our own WSDA officials acknowledge that this stuff is NOT safe – far from it – but they are helpless to fight the big chemical companies. The few laws that do exist have no teeth. It’s nothing short of outrageous.

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