Atrazine is in What?

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Subject:  Atrazine is in What?
Date:     Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:14:33 -0400
From:      Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Dear Mr. Helliker, I thought you might like to read an e-mail from another innocent victim: 

Steve, I think one of your posts ought to inform folks in the U S that Scott's Weed and Feed products contain atrazine. I used that before I got so sick, and developed memory problems, diarrhea and then all sorts of CNS problems. This was before ChemLawn sprayed me and I developed MCS. If you are a gardener, one ought to be aware that genuine organic lawn products do a superior job anyway and don't ruin your health. Since I learned Scott's Weed and Feed products contained Atrazine I have hoped for a lawsuit to help defray the cost of an entire adult livelihood.

I went through diarrhea for six weeks and the physician thought I had cancer. I was hospitalized about four times, and each time I went home and continued to use Scott's products.

I threw the stuff with a paper cup, because I thought it was safe. I developed ten sinus infections. In fact almost all my body systems seemed to be affected, and since doctors aren't trained in pesticide injury, even when I told them I felt sick after I fertilized my lawn, they STILL did not "get it." Now I am disabled.

I doubt any suit will emerge but it would be fair, inasmuch as the product caused me so many health problems. At the time, I thought it was safe because I was misinformed that the EPA registered it and it was therefore "safe." Susan 

Well Mr. Helliker, "they" still trust "you" to "protect" them. Respectfully,  Stephen L. Tvedten

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