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Antifreeze dumped in yard with dogs. Advice
Our dog spends a fair amount of time at my parents while we are at work or on vacation. One of my lovely family members decided it would be a great idea to spray antifreeze around the fence to kill the grass.Outside of the great amount of damage that has now done to the environment, what would you do about the dogs (my parents also have a dog)? They have been taking their dog outside of a leash to make sure it doesn't come in contact with any antifreeze. What would you do? Is there a certain amount of time you would wait? If it rains do you think the antifreeze could resurface? I cannot find any information outside of if your dog drinks antifreeze it will kill it.
Re: Antifreeze dumped in yard with dogs. Advice
This is just so strange. Who would think this is a good idea?
I have no answer, but maybe you can call the phone number on the anti freeze container. I'm sure they have solutions and answers to questions about spills and the environment, so those answers might help here.
Ya, good idea keeping them on the leash! Poor pooches are probably wondering why they can't run around!
I wonder if hosing it down would dilute it and it would wash outside the fenceline? Or put dirt/mulch over it?
Regardless, I would wait until a good rain before I let the dogs off leash, and then supervised visits in the yard after so I could keep them away from the fenceline.
To put your mind at ease: I thought my 50 lb dog drank out of a puddle of antifreeze. I brought her to the ER. The vet said it would take five tablespoons (give or take) to make her sick.
The puddle turned out to be water
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If you can get a hold of some saw dust, that is good for absorbing car fluids. Let it soak it up, then dispose it properly. Wood chips might work too, but I'm not sure.
And if your idiot family member really wants to kill the weeds around the fence, tell them to use water with apple-cider vinegar and a little lemon juice. It's kills the weeds without killing the grass, and it wont make your dogs sick.
WTF and our environment. That craps runs off your lawn/bushes when it rains and into our local creeks/waterways that we drink. It kills fish, wildlife, etc. I know it's your family, but seriously you need to educate them that putting poison on their plants like that is illegal and morally wrong.
Another concern that needs to be addressed is whether or not it is used antifreeze - which poses additional risks due to metal contamination.
I can't say I'm surprised by your family member's action given my professional job, but I still give it a serious side eye. They need to be educated on human/animal health risks and also the risks to the environment, which impact human health through soil, water and air contamination.
It is more likely to move through the soil column and try to reach ground water than stay at the surface and resurface where the dogs would be exposed to it. However, if you have puddles or surface water in the yard, the antifreeze could migrate and be present in the water because of its chemical properties.
If you look up the chemical name for antifreeze in your state's risk assessment documents, you should see that acceptable exposure to humans (and wildlife,etc) is in fairly high amounts before there is a concern.