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Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Exposing Oneself to Chemicals

I recently discovered that a local grocery store stocks their bottles of Roundup near the boxes of pasta. I tried to post the picture that appears below in a local group on Facebook, but the moderator wouldn't accept it. Apparently, it isn't important to bring to the attention of other people what risks accompany shopping at one of our local stores. It amazes me that Roundup would even be sold at a grocery store when that product can be picked up at a hardware store or at WalMart (which wisely stocks Roundup far away from its groceries). 

I'm the kind of person who avoids exposure to chemicals whenever possible. I never have used pesticides or herbicides on my lawn. It's unfortunate that my neighbor sprays a chemical, possibly Roundup, along her fence line so as to inhibit the growth of weeds. That practice of hers has kept me from planting a garden.

My yard seems to like the absence of chemicals because I recently had wild garlic flowering in a few spots but nowhere near the fence line that I share with my neighbor.



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