Fanshawe Tree Round-Up officially an error
The landscape surrounding Fanshawe College, specifically that of Oxford and Second Streets, has changed significantly lately thanks to a group of negligent second-year Horticulture and Landscaping students.
During the summer, most trees and shrubs along the two streets were progressively looking sickly and had deteriorated significantly in foliage. Just last week the college investigated the incident with surprising results.
“We tested the leaves and did trunk samples and found unnatural amounts of 1,4-dioxane,” said horticultural specialist Dr. Ivan VanNormand.
1,4-dioxane is an ingredient most commonly found in the commercial product, Round Up.
“It wasn't until we tested the soil that we realized what was going on,” explained Dr. VanNormand.
The horticulture professionals concluded that three Fanshawe students, who were assigned the duty of keeping the hundreds of trees and shrubs watered throughout the summer, had mistakenly used the Round-Up weed killer agent instead of the fertilizing product, Mircle-Gro, on the plants.
“The containers were unmarked and we just assumed the blue stuff was good for the trees,” said Theresa Fichus, who was one of the students who administered the deadly chemical. “They aren't going to kick me out of school are they?”
The college will be working throughout the fall to replace the contaminated soil and foliage, at a cost of approximately $1.8 million.
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is intentional and entirely hilarious. Prouldy distorting the truth since 2005.
During the summer, most trees and shrubs along the two streets were progressively looking sickly and had deteriorated significantly in foliage. Just last week the college investigated the incident with surprising results.
“We tested the leaves and did trunk samples and found unnatural amounts of 1,4-dioxane,” said horticultural specialist Dr. Ivan VanNormand.
1,4-dioxane is an ingredient most commonly found in the commercial product, Round Up.
“It wasn't until we tested the soil that we realized what was going on,” explained Dr. VanNormand.
The horticulture professionals concluded that three Fanshawe students, who were assigned the duty of keeping the hundreds of trees and shrubs watered throughout the summer, had mistakenly used the Round-Up weed killer agent instead of the fertilizing product, Mircle-Gro, on the plants.
“The containers were unmarked and we just assumed the blue stuff was good for the trees,” said Theresa Fichus, who was one of the students who administered the deadly chemical. “They aren't going to kick me out of school are they?”
The college will be working throughout the fall to replace the contaminated soil and foliage, at a cost of approximately $1.8 million.
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is intentional and entirely hilarious. Prouldy distorting the truth since 2005.
