Updates to Chemlawn Fiasco
Even though Moose is dead, my goal is to keep pursuing this issue. This issue is about right and wrong.

April 2008

I'm pleased to report that after two investigations (the first, slip shod; the second, semi-thorough) with the Maryland Department of Agriculture, which took a entire year, the MDA finally charged Trugreen Chemlawn with several safety violations and fined them civil penalties of $2050.00.

It's a small victory. $2000.00 bucks isn't much, but it's something. At least the MDA backed up everything I said happened, including acknowledging that TruGreen Chemlawn lied to MDA investigators in the initial investigation.

See MDA charging documents

April 28, 2007
Toxic Green? Part One   Toxic Green? Part Two
ABC News Team in North Carolina investigates Chemlawn.

Chemlawn's response to the ABC investigation

April 25th, 2007
I requested and received in the mail the entire investigation file from the MDA. Investigations become public record and anyone can request the all the files after an investigation is closed.

Some of the information I'd never heard before, therefore is illuminating.  It appears they caught the manager of the local office in a lie about why they were on my property. As I suspected, my web complaint to Chemlawn Corporate's post card request "service survey" in mid Sept. is what triggered the last treatment.

The manager claimed "they sent me a postcard notification" which is NOT their policy for "courtesy calls" in the first place. Local Chemlawn received notice from Corporate to do my lawn on Sept. 29th and they came on Oct. 3rd. Plenty of time to call me, but not enough time to snail mail me, even IF it were their policy to do so.

April 17, 2007
I spoke with a regional representative from the EPA and she suggested that I sue my Veterinarian for negligence, for not treating Moose for acute pesticide poisoning, which is what I asked for.

She also suggested that if I want to change things, that I should write to my state representatives to campaign for laws to change in regards to how pets are valued in this country.

She also suggested I contact the US Consumer Products Safety Commission to investigate Chemlawn's supposed Safety claims: "The products we use are "Practically NON-Toxic"...

April 12, 2007
The content below, impacts claims I've made earlier on my site:
The claims that "...There's no way to test for pesticide toxins in animals" which was told to me by my Vet.

I spoke with a toxicologist at the ASPCA and he informed me of several important things:
1) The ASPCA DOES HAVE programs for Veterinarian to get immediate help for poisoned animals, which my Vet told me don't exist.
2) There ARE tests that can be done to find out of a pet has been poisoned --which my Vet told me don't exist.
3) There are known and widely used treatments to assist pets to excrete toxins from their systems, which my Vet told me don't exist.
4) There ARE Laboratories that do toxicological tests -also which my Vet told me don't exist.

March 15th, 2006
This website is now ready for public viewing. The site was created as a "PSA", from notes and research, done mostly after Moose's death on February 24, 2007.

Before Moose died, all of my internet research was on how to keep him from dying from liver and kidney failure.



There are many different issues at stake here.

1) Chemlawn Breach of Contract

2) Why the EPA allows poisons like Tri-Power to even be sprayed in residential yards since it's 10X more dangerous to dogs than humans. There are 70 million dog households in the US.
3) The issue that pets have NO VALUE whatsoever in State and Federal Courts and are simply considered "chattel", ie; personal property, like your sofa and television.  You have no right to sue for over the murder of your beloved pet on your own property.

4) How the State of Maryland made their final determination of our case about whether my dog died from pesticide poisoning based on the word of my Vet --who would not even acknowledged that a pesticide poisoning had occurred.  Most Veterinarians react improperly pesticide poisoning.