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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you my neighbor? Your husband made faces at me yesterday and demanded to know the MS formula... even though our lawns don't even touch at any point! We've had MS spraying since April so I don't understand the sudden hysteria. And this is the first summer our kids have been able to use the backyard without running inside after 5 mins ravaged by bugbites. Plus we had a Lyme scare this spring. I know, pesticides are not my favorite thing, but neither is staying inside for 4 or 5 months of the year.

Anyway, if it is you, you're hardly in the running for neighbor of the year and I suspect you REALLY can't afford to alienate another neighbor, so please don't do the passive-aggressive thing on DCUM. They spray once a month and give us a heads up which I'm happy to pass along if it's such a concern...If you're not my neighbor, well, then go about your business being a PITA to someone else. [/quote]

Wowza, first post on here and definitely not OP or your neighbor, but you're so out of line it's not even funny. Let me tell you a few things. First, your offer to tell your neighbor first? Should have happened BEFORE the first spray. We spray our own yard (garlic) and although it's all natural it's still a spray so we tell our neighbors before we do it. I'm actually cheering the fictitious husband in this story on. Of course he asked for the ingredients. Who wouldn't want to know what was being sprayed on his children?

Meantime, if you are in DC, you are breaking the law. You are required by law to notify your neighbors and post signage BEFORE pesticide application. Most communities / states have similar laws, so you're probably breaking the law in MD or VA too, though I'm less familiar. So you should just go ahead and "pass along (the info) if it's such a concern"...because it's also the law.

http://ddoe.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddoe/publication/attachments/Pesticides_Brochure.pdf

BTW, I totally feel bad for your neighbor.  You seem like a bitch. [/quote]

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