wild bird seed

[Patrick]

I am not anti-business, and I love MiracleGro, but this is an interesting piece of news, from the latest Plant Delights Nursery Newsletter:

In case you missed it, lawn and garden giant, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has agreed to plead guilty (if approved by the judge) and pay a fine of $4.5 million to settle a couple of 2008 cases. The first case was for selling 75 million units of wild birdseed that were coated with insecticides Storcide II and Actellic 5E, which killed the birds that ate the seed. According to court records, Scotts continued to sell the seed after they were warned by their own internal chemist and ornithologist. The second incident was for selling pesticides with falsified EPA Registration numbers...OOPS! Part of the fine will go to groups that protect birds. Scotts has also recently sold off its professional division, which has been renamed Everris.

[ronbre]

oh just shoot me anyway....good grief..

[andyd2023]

Thanks for bringing this up, Did not know this slipped by my news filter..
Andrew

[Old Vet]

Originally Posted by Patrick

I am not anti-business, and I love MiracleGro, but this is an interesting piece of news, from the latest Plant Delights Nursery Newsletter:

In case you missed it, lawn and garden giant, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has agreed to plead guilty (if approved by the judge) and pay a fine of $4.5 million to settle a couple of 2008 cases. The first case was for selling 75 million units of wild birdseed that were coated with insecticides Storcide II and Actellic 5E, which killed the birds that ate the seed. According to court records, Scotts continued to sell the seed after they were warned by their own internal chemist and ornithologist. The second incident was for selling pesticides with falsified EPA Registration numbers...OOPS! Part of the fine will go to groups that protect birds. Scotts has also recently sold off its professional division, which has been renamed Everris.

I thought that Miracle Grow had a caution against it for bird seed.

[Danaus29]

Here's a link to the story:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...-in-fines.html

And another:
http://www.ishn.com/articles/scotts-...nted-bird-seed