Business ProfileforGreen Sprays LLC

In October 2021, BBB contacted Green Sprays regarding claims in its advertising. 

At its Google page is the statement "Products are derived from organic sources which are considered environmentally friendly and cause less harm to human and animal health, and to habitats and the ecosystem."  Green Sprays states on its website "The ONLY RESPONSIBLE NON-TOXIC CHOICE for families with pets, children and wetlands!"
The BBB Code of Advertising states that advertisers should not make broad, unqualified general environmental benefit claims like “green” or “eco-friendly.” Advertisers must qualify general claims with specific environmental benefits and the benefit(s) should be significant. Advertisers must possess competent and reliable evidence (often scientific evidence) to support all environmental benefit claims. Non-toxic claims likely convey that a product, package or service is non-toxic both for humans and for the environment generally. Thus advertisers must either possess competent and reliable scientific evidence that this is the case or clearly and conspicuously qualify the claim to avoid confusion.
BBB requested that the business provide evidence for these claims and consider making the claims less broad but did not receive a reply.

Green Sprays' website states its tick sprays are "USDA Certified Organic" and its garlic-based mosquito treatment is "USDA organic & OMRI certified."  
The primary responsibility for truthful and non-deceptive advertising rests with the advertiser. Advertisers should be prepared to substantiate any objective claims or offers made before publication or broadcast. Upon request, they should present such substantiation promptly to the advertising medium or BBB.  Green Sprays did not provide the requested substantiation of these certifications.

According to the BBB Code of Advertising, claims relating to performance, safety, efficacy, or results for a product or service should be based on recent and competent testing or other objective data. BBB requested the business provide substantiation for the following claims but did not receive a reply:
"How does the GreenSprays™ ORGANIC Tick Spray work? We use a proprietary organic cedar wood oil based treatment that has surfactants and other biosolvents that help desicate the insect."
"Each application [Tick Sprays] lasts 8 weeks (weather dependent) and kills within 30-60 minutes."
"The mild insecticide Permethrin is placed on the cotton and it kills the ticks on the mice!" and "GreenSprays™ application results in up to a 10-fold reduction of your risk of exposure to a tick that could cause Lyme Disease."
"Just one treatment of all natural, liquid garlic-based GreenSprays USDA organic & OMRI certified Mosquito additive will keep mosquitoes out of your yard and away from your home."