Toxic Herbicide Drift

[AtlantiCat]

So it's a nice day out and I was on my lunch break only to hear an annoying noise outside. Seems the neighbor was having a toxic chemical cocktail sprayed on his lawn. I can also smell it clearly as some has drifted into the house, since the windows were open and some fans were on.

I called up the company and it turns out they were spraying Boulder 6.3 EC and Dimension 2EW, both of which are toxic to fish and the latter of which is particularly toxic to marine invertebrates.

Should I be worried?

I called up the company and demanded they make a note on my neighbor's account to notify me if this stuff was sprayed again so I could close my windows and turn off fans, but they refused to accommodate since it's not my account.

Has anybody had a similar experience? Is there any other action I can take? I will do water changes tomorrow, sooner if I notice any die-off.

 

[Cell]

I would assume if there is an effect, it would be rather rapid. I wouldn't wait on water changes for signs of decline if I was worried but I probably wouldn't be too worried if I haven't seen any negative effects yet.

 

[Dburr1014]

Turn off fans and use GAC as a precaution.

 

[Troylee]

Run carbon…

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Don’t you have state laws on this? When I had a Lawn Sprayer Service, they had to notify the Neighbors on either side of me. Even when Spraying Fertilizer. I’m Rural, so there’s no one across the street. I dumped them when they Sprayed Herbicides, in the Cold Winter, just before New Year’s Day, and damaged some Evergreen Trees. I know what they were doing, trying to get rid of the Herbicides before the end of the year, so they didn’t have disposal fees.

 

[Dburr1014]

Not in my state. Only post a sign the size of a business card.

 

[AtlantiCat]

Don’t you have state laws on this? When I had a Lawn Sprayer Service, they had to notify the Neighbors on either side of me. Even when Spraying Fertilizer. I’m Rural, so there’s no one across the street. I dumped them when they Sprayed Herbicides, in the Cold Winter, just before New Year’s Day, and damaged some Evergreen Trees. I know what they were doing, trying to get rid of the Herbicides before the end of the year, so they didn’t have disposal fees.

No, they're only required to notify you by posting a sign on the lawn and these guys didn't even do that much.