Neighbors,
I received an e-mail from an FOCP official.
The message corroborated my assertion that a liquid was used on Clark park. I
requested the names of all organic and non-organic products which are used
throughout the year(but I don't expect an answer). It's unconfirmed, but the
official wrote something like, one wouldn't want ammonia on the dog. So that's
the first indication of the first ingredient, which I can report. He mentioned
also nitrogen, which I believe, is the ingredient in fertilizer that has become
a huge problem from fertilizer in the waterways. (We can all check this out)
So if this UCD director orders Moon employees to stop using the small signs,
we've identified that ammonia will be on the liquid you,the kids, and the dog
may be contacting when you encounter this "treatment."
The name of the corporation is TruGreen, www.trugreen.com. (I found one of the
signs). The name of the exact product continues to be a secret. I didn't get
through the entire web site, but I couldn't find more potential ingredients at
this point. It's just the typical corporate marketing bull...
This was the only thing of any relevance which I have found. It seems the
squirrels will only die if the experts use it at high concentrations. It's
rated "practically non-toxic." Hahaha
from Trugreen.com
TruGreen does not manufacture the products we use in lawn care, but the
products we purchase generally contain the same active ingredients as found in
products sold at retail garden stores and hardware stores.
Furthermore, the toxic potential of any substance is a function of dose or
concentration. The spray applications most commonly made by TruGreen are dilute
aqueous solutions of fertilizer and pesticides consisting of approximately 92
percent water, 7.5 percent fertilizer and 0.5 percent or less of pesticide.
However, approximately 50 percent of our applications consist of dry granular
formulations of lawn care products similar to those available at retail stores.
Twelve combinations of materials most regularly used by TruGreen in lawn, tree
and shrub care were tested for oral acute toxicity in rodents using
concentrations similar to those that are in the spray application. The term
LD50 represents the dose that is lethal to 50% of the rodent test group. Eleven
of the applications had an LD50 value greater than 20,000 mg/kg and one had an
LD50 of 18,100 mg/kg.
What's more, a scale used for rating the toxicity of chemicals from Clinical
Toxicology of Commercial Products, Gosselin, Smith and Hodge: Williams and
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1984 indicated the test results for liquid mixtures diluted
for use in TruGreen ChemLawn programs can be rated as Practically Non-Toxic.
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