When I reported the RoundUp use in Clark Park before the fence went up,
I also investigated the landscape company that the secret partnership
was using at the time. The consumer complaints largely focused on what
was often called "burning." (There was a lawsuit brought on this basis
in either NJ or DE)
You can see this yellowing of a large portion of the Frankenstein grass
just south of the huge gravel pit in Park A. You can also see this at
Stouffer triangle on Woodland walk between 38 and 37th. And if you look
down from Walnut St just east of WXPN, almost the entire Frankenstein
lawn adjacent the new parking lot construction has the same yellowing.
The workers who spread this stuff are told the same pack of lies about
safety and appear to use even greater doses than the Monsanto
guidelines. It appears the business theory is to make sure that all
dandelion and flowering plants are killed with the first dose and the
company is not called back for a 2nd treatment. (The worker who I
recently witnessed in the park was literally drenching the tree roots
in Clark Park. The boss, who identified the poison as roundup,
immediately told me that RoundUp is safe.)
If you walk around Penn campus, you will see the same Frankenstein grass
as we have in Clark Park devoid of all other plant species.
This RoundUp seems to be deployed in city parks which have had the city
workers replaced by special service districts, so the city will claim
ignorance and no responsibility.
My reply to Mary won't go through to the list, so I will need to retype
and send my view of the role and culpability of the FOCP leaders later.
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