Friday, March 18, 2016

Round-Up

            Roundup is a common product that is used to kill weeds. It is used around houses and also in fields by farmers. People use it in landscaping to kill weeds. Farmers use it to protect their crops from weeds. These weeds destroy crop fields. The farmers needs to use this to protect crops because that is how they make money.  



            Humans are exposed to chemicals every day. House hold cleaning products are used around us every day which contain many chemicals. Chemicals are also sprayed on our foods. Some of these chemicals are proving to cause health effects. Round-up contains some chemicals that are extremely unhealthy and deadly for us to get exposed to. An example of one of these chemicals is glyphosate. The amount of glyphosate in roundup is about 41%. This chemical is very effective in killing weeds. This chemical has also been said to severely damage human cells. The company that sells round-up says that it is environment friendly and it leave the soil clean. When round up is sprayed you can either come into contact by breathing it in or getting exposure to it on your skin.  Scientists are now linking round-up to health problems. These are severe health issues that cause people trouble for their whole life. A strong correlation is towards the chemical glyphosate and ADHD. This chemical causes problems to the thyroid hormone. They are also finding traces of this chemical that links to autism. Many radiation exposures and some chemicals leads to cancer, so does this chemical. The things in round-up are causing so many health problems and the list goes on. This will and can end your life. It is not safe at all to use and should be reevaluated to be sold. It should be looked at to take this product off the shelves and find something safer to use than this product.