"zxcvbob" wrote in message
...

One thing I was unclear of from your post: did you actually
see the
ChemLawn guy spraying or do you just have a strong suspicion?
(I'm not
doubting that it happened as you say it did, but I also know
that in court
you'd need more than strong circumstantial evidence in a
situation like
this.)


I have strong circumstantial evidence, but IMHO physical
evidence is
stronger than the testimony of one eye witness. Ideally, I
would have
videotape, or physical evidence plus a half-dozen eye
witnesses... but
if I'd known ahead of time that this was going to happen I
could have
confronted the guy.

I like the idea of catching him on video next time, but I don't
have the
means to do that. I may try to find out when they are coming
back to
this neighborhood and plan to be home that day.

Meanwhile, I can complain to whoever issued their business
license,
franchise, pesticide license, etc. If any of these are
suspended for a
while, they could lose a lot of customers when they can't
fullfill their
season-long lawn service contracts.

A number of years ago, An old man across the street sprayed a
shrub in his neighbor's yard he didn't like with herbicide. A
tree sprayer hired by the neighbor noticed the damage, and after
questioning the neighbor, reported the action to the state E.P.A.
They came out and gave a stern talking to the old man.

Would you really consider anything grown after being sprayed with
2,4,d to be something you'd feed to your family. I'd consider the
entire area to be contaminated, requiring replacement of the soil
before use for a vegetable garden.

Bob