The city commission should ban the use of toxic herbicides and pesticides in parks and playgrounds to help the continual growth and development of the local ecosystem and the health of people in these establishments. Pesiticides and herbicides used in parks can cause health problems in people, especially in young children who frequently explore parks and playgrounds. Pesticides and herbicides are used to keep unwanted organisms from growing in a certain area. However, many of these chemicals never stay in one place, this leads chemicals to end up in the human body,in local wildlife, or even in the water supply. Heightening the risk of chemicals ending up in the body, 28 of the most common pesticides are suspected carcinogens while another
