Breast cancer survivor battles pesticide overspray
October 29, 2008 by Susie Collins
OMG, look at what this poor couple has to put up with! And the husband says his wife is chemically sensitive (I think the plea below is written by the wife). I feel so sorry for these people! If this is happening to you, you need to call the authorities, call the cops, call your local pesticide control authorities. Find out what the law in your state says about overspray and then take action. No one should have to put up with this!
HELP! Our neighbor values a green lawn more than a life! They constantly have their yard, trees and shrubs sprayed with pesticides. Pesticides that are on the EPA’s list of endocrine disruptors.
We have a pesticide free yard and organic garden. Every month, we have to cover my garden and fruit trees to keep the lawn care company from over-spraying onto our garden and fruit trees. This last time, I caught them spraying full blast and it coming through the fence that clearly divides our property lines. I stopped them just short of spraying my honeysuckle vines that cascade over the fence.
They know I am pesticide sensitive and am trying to keep the spray off my yard. The lawn care company boasts they have the right to do this!!! And that they can spray anything that is on the neighbor’s side of the fence and that our concern for over-spray is not substantiated. They are saying I do not have the right to a pesticide-free yard!!!
We must go cry out to our city, county, state and federal governments to get over-spraying to be illegal. Every homeowner in America should have the right to NOT HAVE HARMFUL CHEMICALS SPRAYED ON THEIR LAWNS VIA THEIR NEIGHBOR! Help me start this fight! After all, the tomato you pick from your organic garden may have the pesticides from your neighbor on it. Do you feel safe feeding it to your children?
Contact the Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter and tell him Bev Veals wants Residential Pesticide Use Guidelines! I am a 9-year, two-time, advanced stage breast cancer survivor. PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!! E-mail: beepesticidefree@mac.com
UPDATE: Drat! Their email beepesticidefree@mac.com is not working, the email I sent them was rejected by the recipient domain.
This is one of many common terrible things that happens when living next to other people who are not environmentally educated, and definitely value vanity over health. I have had this, and when people re-painted the outside of their house (not cause it needed it but just to change the color)…
This is why there needs to be MASS SCALE government regulations on ALL chemicals - instead of fighting each one individually!
Once regulations are on place, people will be forced to paint their house in SAFECOAT or no VOC paints, spray only organic pesticides, and chemical perfumes would cease to exsist, along with stank ass detergents. Since scientifically they all knowingly cause health problems.
And Lesie, don’t forget the stank ass dryer sheets!!!! Seriously, I agree with you 100%. It has to be an across the board change in regs, not this piece by piece
change that is happening now. I’m waiting for the front page news that says:
EPA TO BAN ALL FRAGRANCE IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AND LAUNDRY PRODUCTS…STUDIES NO LONGER IGNORED!!! It will happen in
California first, then spread across the country. The gov’t needs to reward companies that replace toxics…..when money is involved, to sweeten the deal, the producers will jump at it!!!!! They can’t seem to understand that it needs to be changed simply because it’s making people sick….DAH!!!! That’s one of the things I love about the “green” movement….it’s setting up some competition among the product producers, and we will all benefit from that.
I like the way you express yourself!!!!!!
Leslie, forgive my error in spelling your name in my last post….I am struggling with spelling in general lately…brain fog is my only excuse these days!