A pest aside is defined as any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing

destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.

Herbicides or weed killers fall under this umbrella and the pests they target are unwanted

plants and vegetation, but does the killing stop there?

Who and what else can these killers harm?

Next, on this episode of Fatal Convenience, weed killers.

Welcome to Fatal Conveniences, where we address the things we may be doing in our daily

lives that are actually harming us and in some cases, slowly killing us, tap water,

teflon, caffeine, blue light, food additives, you name it, we dive into it.

We take a critical look at everyday products that really are affecting us and our bodies

and the environment and how we can avoid them and find a solution.

So let's dive in.

The first versions of herbicides were around the 19th century in the form of inorganic

salts such as sodium chloride, sodium chlorate, arsenic salts and carbon this sulfide as

a fumigant.

Various oils and inorganic substances and acids like sulfuric acid and solvents were

also used as a burn down herbicide which would completely decimate most of the weeds.

Does this sound natural?

I'm not even going to get into the incredible science around permaculture, around regenerative

farming where you can use plants to defend other plants.

That's part of the solutions here, research during World War II brought the development

of more herbicides and the era of quote unquote miracle weed killers began.

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