Glyphosate, Weed Killer Found in 19 of 20 Beverages Even Organic, Full List

Here in the Netherlands Japanese Knotweed is considered an invasive species. Apparently this plant's rootsystem can damage housing foundation by growing into the concrete. There are buildingrules that prevent people from being able to build or sell a house when this plant is found on the property. I had some of that stuff in my garden and my neighbours got worried about their investment. I rent my house so I don't care, I think it's a nice plant, but they bought their house and got worried it would drop in value over those plants. They asked me if I wanted to remove the plants and gave me some RoundUp to spray, I hesitantly complied because generally they are nice people.

I knew how poisonous that shit is, so before spraying I put plastic sheeting, used for painting, all over my garden to prevent contaminating the soil. Had quite a lot of those plants, so needed to spray a lot. Used gloves and mouthcover to protect myself before spraying the plants.

What happened over the next week was just creepy to watch. Instead of the leaves simply dying and falling off, the plants started to die from the inside out, first the stems turned yellow and then the leaves turned brown at the last moment. After a week the plants had completely died and dried up.



If it is that bad for a plant, it certainly can't be good for animals or humans either.

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Glyphosate is a small compound that has been sold as the active ingredient in herbicide formulations since 1974.

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In 2014, an international team of biologists estimated that, in the past 35 years, the abundance of invertebrates such as beetles and bees had decreased by 45 percent. In places where long-term insect data are available, mainly in Europe, insect numbers are plummeting. A study last year showed a 76 percent decrease in flying insects in the past few decades in German nature preserves.

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-Japanese Knotweed