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I do my own grass. I owned two dogs.

My neighbor never does her grass. She didn't tell me she had TruGreen come out and spray. My dogs always ate the weeds for medicine. I couldn't tell which of my dogs was sick or if it was both.

There was vomit and bowel moment two days ago (Thurs., 5/9/13). Yesterday (Fri, 5/10/13), only one dog came downstairs. I went up to see and my 11-yr old dog was laying stiff on the floor. I went to him and he was still alive but could not move.

He peed and then foamed at the mouth.

Blood later spewed from his mouth. My neighbor said TruGreen never told her that animals could not be around the deadly sprayed weeds.

Location: Chicago, Illinois

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Guest

I say class action lawsuit before statute of limitations runs out. i signed up for all their services and was told treatments would be spread out.

they came with chemicals 3 times in one week, weeds aren't burned but i have chemical smell and pool water tested positive for phosphates no one spoke with me in person about their protocol i signed up for they sent people who barely spoke english with a hose in their hand and now my dog is lethargic and has been chewing her feet to the point of bleeding.

she doesnt eat. i have had headaches for a month.

Elby Ald
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I am dealing with my baby girl (dog) thinking she had UTI‘s or east infection now to discover it’s possible bladder cancer and it didn’t start happening until true green came to my house sprayed my yard stuck a little sign in the front and I let them at the back and didn’t even know they was there now I know what is going on with her and I am pissed !!what can I do ? where do I go ? Because It’s about time they get held accountable.

Guest

We had Tru Green spraying our lawn on the 14th of August. Today we put our dog down from liver failure due to poisoning.

We are devastated to say the least. She was not allowed on the grass following the treatment but we believe the overspray got into our pool enclosure and she was exposed to it.

Bekki Xvu

My dog also this July 3 2019. We were never notified they were spraying toxic chemicals on lawn.

Guest

Hey *** who "works for the EPA." How ignorant are you. There are dozens of poducts on the market that cause illness.

Roundup ring a bell? I SERIOUSLY doubt you work for the EPA, but if you do, God help us. You believe "there are regulations in place to protect us" is a safeguard. GD dumb people shouldn't speak, or write.

Where the medically approved Jadelle? we don't want you procreating.

Guest
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DEEP not epa runs chem control

Guest

How can trugreen execs live with themselves? They are poisoning us all for no good reason. the science doesn't lie

Guest
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My loving dog was killed by Tru green. evil MF's. loathe them

Guest

I used Trugreen and my boxer puppy has a rash on the inside of her legs. I called before and they told me they’re safe to use around pets.LIE

Roselie Ery

EXACTLY THE SAME THING HERE. Anyone want to compare notes and complain?!?

My Pekingese was PARALYZED AND DYING after contact with TruGreen 2 WEEKS AFTER SPRAYING. They were not supposed to spray the common area next to my house because I have multiple sclerosis. They did anyway. I would NOT let my dogs on the sprayed area, but apparently there is runoff after rain and it went to the area that was not sprayed and poisoned my tiny Pekingese.

After a LOT of luck and simply having him sleep and sleep and sleep some more he is finally ALMOST back to normal over 1 month (5 weeks) later after getting deathly ill. But I had to shave off his beautiful fur coat to almost completely bald, his fur coat is now like suede, so that any poison left in his coat through contact is gone. Only one week ago I finally realized he might make it through. He is still slightly off balance and wobbling, but at least he can go to the bathroom again and he is walking.

A neighbor in our neighborhood had the exact same thing happen to her golden retriever. THIS ID DISGUSTING AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NEEDS TO OCCUR!!!

Guest

out of the blue, my dog had black stool (mostly liquid) and vomiting in the house. we don't use chemicals but our neighbors do. I thought he was having a GI bleed and would soon die, but he bounced back.

Lynn M Kxt

Same thing happened to my cat that I adopted from a shelter last April. Kept him inside, and Trugreen was heavily soliciting the neighborhood in July.

They came to my door two days in a row, after I told the first sales guy, this is NGPA (Native growth protection area - and no pesticides or herbicides are allowed). He didn't even know what an herbicide was - "What's an herbicide?"...and this guy is selling their projects and disregarding NGPA? The sales guy told me, "all your neighbor's are doing it"...I said, "well they shouldn't be. My mother died from a neurodenerative disease, that I belive was pesticide and herbicide related.

Two days later, I can smell it....spraying on my neighbors property...and my cat eats the grass. I came home, and he was moaning in pain! Took him to emergency, total inflammation, and it wasn't bladder crystals, as they thought. He was poisoned.

after catching several poisoned rodents, that also die, that they spray. Be aware of this company and just say no!

Guest

My yard was sprayed by them. My flat coated retriever has not been the same since.

I cancelled them. Taking my baby to the vet. She’s been dry hacking.

She not the same spunky girl. I’m pissed.

Guest

I worked for TG for 5 years.

The products they use are very unlikely to harm pets. Also, the products are mixed at a very, very, watered down ratio.

Long term effects of compounds like 2-4D and MSMA herbicides are believed to cause cancer in lab rats, but in far higher concentration than anything applied to a lawn for *** controll.

Pesticides used are a bayer product for fire ant controll, which is actually used to treat (by ingesting) fleas and ticks in cats and dogs.

Your pet was more likely to be made sick by store bought, improperly mixed, and or carelessly applied incecticide, or herbicide, by an other neighbor.

Guest
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Let someone spray your salad with these chemicals...it will be safe to eat as soon as it drys...

Guest
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companies do spray our veggies..... even if we wash them....do .you really think they are all that clean?

Bekki Xvu
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Nope

Guest

OMG!!!! My dog and visited my parent who had just received a lawn treatment from TRUGREEN; now my dog is sick!

Theirs two cats are now sick also!!!

Please spread the word.

This is horrible. Just like AGENT ORANGE killed my husband.

Chemical company DO NOT care about you or your lawn...just their bottom line and huge profits!!!!

Guest
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You are a liar and/or extremely ignorant.

Lynn M Kxt
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You are a liar and work for this company that poisons people and pets. Trugreen doesn't give a rats a@@ about anyone's lawn.

They just want to make money off spraying herbices and pesticides that are proven to cause endocrine dysfunction and cancer. They soak into and destroy the endocrine system....Look it up, your thyroid, your gonads, your pineal gland, your bladder....eventual death.

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