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.