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Weed Killer Use is a 'Mistake', Seven Gen Student Says

Seven Generations Charter School fourth-grader says there are options to chemical weed killer that are safer for animals and people.

Special to Patch by Jordyn Brooks

What if you were a deer? What if you were a deer eating grass in someone’s front lawn? What if that lawn had weed killer on it? What if you got really ill and died? This is what is happening to deer every day, because of our mistake of using weed killer.

Weed killer is a health hazard to deer and other animals. It goes in animal’s drinking water. When you spray it some of it soaks into the ground, and the rest of it leaks down into a nearby lake. When eaten or drank by animals they will get ill and die!!! 

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Speaking of grass, when you spray weed killer it goes in our aquifer, which holds our drinking water. An aquifer is a underground water bowl. The weed killer puts chemicals in it making it toxic to drink.

I know what you’re thinking there are no other options but there are!!! You can use white vinegar to kill and get rid of weeds. You can also use boiling water.

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Animals take care of us, so we should take care them. They can't see it, so we shouldn't spray it. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY.

Jordyn Brooks, of Allentown, is a currently a 4th grade student at Seven Generations Charter School in Emmaus. Brooks' class has been studying household hazardous waste and the students wrote opinion articles on the topic.


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