Over the last several months, the number of cities and even countries starting to impose bans on glyphosate is growing including Bayer AG’s own home country of Germany. In fact there are over 10,000 class actions against Bayer in the US alone with one lawsuit currently filed in Australia by a Melbourne gardener. This payout has since been reduced to US $86.7 million (AUD $123.9 billion) however the point still stands, sparking thousands of other class actions against Bayer AG, the maker of Roundup. The World and Australian Councils Starts Banning GlyphosateĪ landmark US court verdict recently awarded a couple a record US $2 billion dollars (AUD $2.89 billion) after a jury found Roundup caused their non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These are more than enough reasons to ditch chemical weedkilling nasties and use something much more natural instead and as for Roundup and glyphosate, your days I believe are numbered. And is it just me, that calls your children and dog back when you’re out walking and you see your friendly council worker spraying something down your street and in the park? It also means any harmful sprays you use with glyphosate in it, will also run off into waterways where it can damage delicate aquatic ecosystems, kill soil-dwelling creatures such as earthworms, and our beautiful busy bees and butterflies.
And even if the risk is ever so slight, is it really worth taking this risk when you consider your kids and pets running around outside and playing in the garden and dirt? Let alone your own health and wellbeing? Whilst I’m no scientist, when I add these two pieces of information together, I get a big no thank you. And did you know that one of the main ingredients in your ubiquitous bottle of Roundup (and many other weedkillers) is glyphosate? But did you know that the World Health Organisation classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans” back in March 2015 which means it probably causes cancer.
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Shops and shelves are full of this stuff in various shapes, sizes and bottles. Garden centres, hardware stores, gardening magazines and websites tell us all how ‘simple’ it is to get rid of these nasty intruders and enemies of our green thumb – just use chemical weedkillers such as Roundup and your weedy troubles will be over. What do you do?īefore we find out, it’s important to see what we shouldn’t use and why as our first and go to option. Argh! You find them in your flower beds, all over the grass and even between the cracks of your fence, patio and driveway. We absolutely get it, weeds can be one almighty nuisance, especially when Spring means that everything literally springs up! You spend time carefully selecting and sowing your seeds and seedlings, planting bulbs and tending to your lawn, then suddenly out of nowhere and almost somehow appearing magically overnight, you find no end of unwelcome weeds all over your garden. 7 Best Natural & Home Made Weed Killer Recipes That Workħ Best Natural & Home Made Weed Killer Recipes That Workĭate Posted:27 July you are an avid gardener, or not, have a beautifully manicured garden, or not, there is still something that connects us all – the frustration and pain of weeds!.
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