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Environment & Energy

floridalawn

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18. yes and they put this off

Reply to bananas (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:22 PM

Jul 2012

They blamed one mid level manager for falsifying the documents but not the people who supervise her. This is a huge cover up and put not only the public at risk but thousands of their personal who applied these products through their lawn service division. Where is OSHA

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Scotts Miracle-Gro pleads guilty to selling poisoned bird seed [View all] bananas Jun 2012 OP

this is damned ugly. k and r bbgrunt Jun 2012 #1

Support your wild birdlife ma and pa stores. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #2

Spam deleted by tjwmason (MIR Team) Stephen Caddell Jun 2012 #3

If someone has the time and energy, and if the Scotts company sold such bird seed to AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #4

Damn! Miracle-Gro has always been my "go-to" plant food because it is so good. Now 1monster Jun 2012 #5

Horse or Donkey manure works just as well. Make a tea strain it and you can spray it on. TalkingDog Jun 2012 #11

Scotts also falsified pesticide registration documents for Plant Food and Lawn Fertilizer bananas Jun 2012 #12

yes and they put this off floridalawn Jul 2012 #18

grass clippings put nitrogen back in the soil gejohnston Jun 2012 #16

so sad JitterbugPerfume Jun 2012 #6

When they see us coming, the birdies all try and hide... slackmaster Jun 2012 #7

"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" GliderGuider Jul 2012 #19

This reminds of when someone in France knowingly sold that AIDS-tainted blood. Cuz they had it. valerief Jun 2012 #8

Had a hunch that Scott's had toxins in seed. I mean, they sell pesticides and chems for pete's sake. glinda Jun 2012 #9

I'd agree, but it's probably not obvious that those brands are produced by Scotts. MH1 Jun 2012 #15

Oh no - I just googled for more information ... 100 birds in an aviary died ... bananas Jun 2012 #10

Suggestion - write reviews for their products at Petsmart.com and other retailers MH1 Jun 2012 #13

I posted a link to this post in the Birders group MH1 Jun 2012 #14

cross posted to Facebook and gejohnston Jun 2012 #17