Comments on: Roundup is toxic - Stop spraying today!

By: Kim Usher

Kim Usher — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:16:10 +0000

The effects of roundup if it doesn’t kill you is long lasting. I keep on telling people but it’s very hard when there is so much denial on the part of humans who can’t believe that there are certain factions who simply do not care if our health is affected; it’s more important to make money. As I lay almost dieing in bed for a year I would have given any amount of money to get better, but no amount of money could give me back my health. The only thing that can make me better is time and you can’t buy that either. That’s why patience and eye on the prize– my health and roundup accepted as a deadly product– are very good goals.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:39:17 +0000

Dear Marie,
I am so sorry about what is happening in your family. Your son is absolutely endangering the health of his family by using this toxic herbicide. In addition to showing your son this article and all of the comments on it from people who have accidentally poisoned their pets, here is a good one:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4574.cfm

I would suggest you search Google for further articles on Roundup’s Toxicity. There are many, many articles on this subject.

I hope you can tell your son that this is one time he should rely on his mother’s wisdom.

By: Marie Schrader

Marie Schrader — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:04:46 +0000

Please help me! My son is spraying Roundup on his property and he has 2 little children and 2 dogs. I have tried convincing him of the health dangers to his family and pets and he does not believe me. The children already have health issues, asthma, obesity, ADHD, irritable bowel syndroime, etc. and they are only 5 and seven years old. I am really scared and need a good article or report on the dangers of using Roundup to present to him. Thanks for your help. Marie Schrader, Gardnerville, NV

By: admin

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:07:58 +0000

Dear Cindy,
I’m afraid I don’t know the answer to your question, but I would suggest you find a toxic waste cleanup company and tell them what happened and see what they think you should do.

In the meantime, if your furnace is located in your basement, I wouldn’t run it as it could potentially draw the toxic fumes up into your upper house and cause you harm. If your basement has any means of ventilation, I would open it up to the max.

I’m sorry this happened to you. I’m hoping your local phone book or local government or the Internet can help you locate something under the heading of hazardous waste or toxic waste cleanup. Good luck.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:06:40 +0000

Can you tell me how long the chemicals in Round Up will be toxic if spilled in an enclosed area such as a basement?
Thank You, Cindy

By: admin

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:42:46 +0000

Dear Susan,
Although the symptoms your son’s dog displayed are consistent with herbicide poisoning, it’s never possible to say that something definitely caused a pet’s illness without extensive testing that would be able to identify the toxins in the animal’s hair, blood or organs.

I am really glad your son’s dog recovered. You have been lucky this time. Please, sit down with your husband and reach an agreement not to further endanger your family dogs (or yourselves!) by putting poisons into your own environment. Next time, your dog might not recover and I want to spare you from that awful bereavement as well as the potential for you to wind up with a permanent herbicide-induced illness that could cripple what you think of as normal daily life. This has happened to countless Americans and we need to arrive at a zero tolerance for toxins policy if we value our lives.

Tell your husband for me, real men use weedwhackers! My husband loves his and it keeps our yard quite tidy, without any herbicide use at all.

Best of luck, and thank you for coming to share your story.

By: Susan Sopira

Susan Sopira — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:43:56 +0000

My husband sprayed weeds in our back yard with Round up a few weeks ago. Our son came over to visit that evening with his dogs, one of which is small (about 12 lbs.) She rolled in the grass and played outside that evening. By the following evening, she was vomiting repeatedly, shaking uncontrollably and was barely able to walk. It was at night, so we could not take her to the vet. These symptoms lasted about 6-8 hours and then she recovered and has been fine since. Do you think this was due to the RoundUp?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:28:43 +0000

Dear Leia,
Please, take any leftover Roundup you have to a toxic waste dump and stop endangering your own health, let alone the health of your dogs. Every time you spray this poison, you are taking a chance that you may become permanently debilitated with an herbicide-induced disease.

I am so sorry you accidentally poisoned your dogs. As you can see from the above comments, countless Americans make this same mistake every year, despite the love they have for their pets. Monstanto has marketed RoundUp as safe. They even once had a commercial showing a dog spraying Roundup…which, of course, neglected to mention that the dog would sicken or die after doing so.

It is very painful to learn a lesson like this at the expense of your beloved pets, but now you know the truth about herbicide. There are no safe herbicides or pesticides and the use of any of them is a threat to your life, the lives of your neighbors and all domestic and wild animals where you live.

Take heart. Take the Roundup to a toxic waste dump and tell everyone you know what you’ve found out.

Thank you for taking the time to comment here.

By: Leia

Leia — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:16:43 +0000

I have 4 dogs that got really sick after spraying Roundup. They all were vomiting and two have had severe projectile reflux. THIS STUFF IS POISON. We had rain for two days, and the dogs got so much better. I am assuming the rain did wash the chemicals away. Well 2 days ago I sprayed again and they all got sick again, so I know it is the Roundup.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:26:31 +0000

Dear Jean & Betty,
I awoke to find both of your comments today. As you can see from the fact that both of you are having the same experience at the same time, despite the fact that you probably live at opposite ends of the country, the prevalence of Roundup use and poisoning is really serious.

I urge both of you to call the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222 and speak to them about your symptoms. You may need to see a doctor.

Betty - I would not recommend that you hose off the Roundup for two reasons:

1) It could reactivate the chemicals in it and make you sicker. I don’t know if this is the case with Roundup, but it is the case with some herbicides and pesticides and I have heard of people becoming sick all over again by spraying water on a sprayed area.

2) Likely you would simply spread the round up into a wider area, and possibly - depending on how your property is situated - into the road where it would go into drainage ditches and end up in your local water supply. This second concern is one that drives me crazy every time I see people spraying roundup on the borders of their property. They are literally pouring roundup into their own drinking water.

Please, call poison control and as them what you should do.

I am so sorry that both of you have been sickened. Betty, you should definitely report this to your apartment manager and ask him/her to find an alternative to using toxins in the complex. Explain to him that you have been researching the health harms of Roundup. You might even send him this article if you have his email address so that he can see the damages for himself.

Please, don’t forget to start telling family and friends about your experience with this herbicide. The more people understand the truth about Roundup, the less people will buy it.

Hang in there!