Coincidence?

We started using Chemlawn in 1999.

All these illnesses below suffered by my family and pets, all started happening within a year of Chemlawn applying herbicides to our lawn. The first few years we signed up for nearly everything they offered and they were on my property spraying something nearly every month during the Spring, Summer and Fall.

See links regarding pesticides, herbicides and possible and known conditions related to the spraying of those chemicals.

  • March 2000 - Child - son, age 7, Diagnosed with Crohns Disease. Crohn's Disease is life long Auto-Immune Disorder (Spent two weeks admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pediatric Gastroenterology section. The bill was $77,000) On daily medicine for life.
    Immunotoxins as Teratogens
    Children and Lawn Chemicals
    http://www.healthychild.com/child-development-clean-water.htm

  • September 2001 - Cat - Fuzzy, Hyper-thyroid- Tested Sept 01, put on Tapazole thyroid medication, November 2001.

  • 2002 - Dog - Moose, mysterious skin conditions aka "hot spots". (Given creams and anti-allergy meds by Vet.) Chemlawn says it will not use "known" skin sensitizers.
    http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/pets.htm

  • November 2004 - Dog - Moose --Mast Cell Skin cancer, Thanksgiving 2004 we found 5 lumps on Moose's stomach, right where he laid in the grass. Not on his head, not on his back, not on his face, simply, exactly the areas his skin always had contact with the grass when laying down. Surgery to remove growths. One year, on and off on Chemotherapy. Bill: $14,000.
    http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/pets/1239
    http://www.uskbtc.com/article.php/191
    PET DOGS GET CANCER FROM WEED KILLERS

  • October 3, 2006 - Dog - Moose  
    Came in contact with freshly sprayed pesticides by negligent Chemlawn sprayer, inhaled it, stepped on it, and ingested it. (He ate grass later that day, unbeknownst to me. I found the vomited grass the next morning in the house.)Vet refused to treat for pesticide poisoning. It destroyed his liver and kidneys and he displayed serious neurological affects. We fought really hard to keep him alive but he succumbed on February 24, 2007, four months later. He was never the same dog again after that. Every day was a step closer to death from Oct. 3rd. From Poisoning until cremation, (4 month period) just under $2000.00.

Is it all "just a coincidence" that the youngest, smallest and most vulnerable members of my family came down with all of these illnesses shortly after being exposed to monthly lawn chemical treatments?

I think my family has "paid" enough for this little social experiment we undertook without our expressed permission.

I called Chemlawn after Moose was diagnosed with cancer and asked them if they used cancer causing chemicals and I was emphatically told "NO!"... "We only used non cancer causing herbicides that are approved by the EPA. They're practically Non-toxic!" Dumb me, I thought it would be illegal for them to lie to me about that!

Dogs that are exposed to herbicides have a 100x greater chance of cancer than dogs that are not exposed.

Why doesn't Chemlawn tell the truth?