With the increasing controversy surrounding the health effects of glyphosate, why not skip the Roundup and try this 100% natural weed killer? Glyphosate, the primary active ingredient in Roundup, the world’s most popular herbicide, has been classified by the World Health Organization as a Group 2A carcinogen. (See the previous post The Health Hazards of…
10 Countries Act Against Glyphosate
In March 2015, the World Health Organization declared that glyphosate, the primary active ingredient in the world’s number one herbicide, Roundup, is a “probable carcinogen”. How has the world responded? Even prior to the World Health Organization’s Group 2A classification, many countries were already on the road to eliminating the use of glyphosate. Here is…
Health Hazards of Glyphosate
Most of our soy and corn crops are Roundup Ready, but are we? What are the hidden health hazards of glyphosate, the primary ingredient used in Roundup? What is Roundup ready? Crops like corn and soy are genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate. This means the plant will live when sprayed with…
Why Pesticides Don’t Belong in Schools
What are the myths surrounding the safety of synthetic weed and bug killers? Are these chemicals as harmless as we are led to believe? I recently appeared before our local school board to ask them to reconsider the routine spraying of toxic sprays. The content of my presentation appears below. To members of the District…
Water Quality Report
“What’s in my water?” After perusing our community’s water quality report I am even more determined pay careful attention to proper water filtration. Below is our city’s recent annual report. The Table of Contaminants alone covers three pages. Categories include: microbiological contaminants, radionuclides, lead and copper, inorganic contaminants, synthetic organic contaminants, and volatile organic contaminants….
