http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/jan10/scientists_find_negative_impact=
s_of_GM_crops.php
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From: Mick & Kirsty Wettenhall <mickandmackie_at_bigpond.com>
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 1:41:20 AM
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Soil microbes and Round Up [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Mick & Kirsty Wettenhall included below]
Hi Dan,There has been a bit of work done on the effect of glyphosate in the=
soil, apparently it is a strong inhibitor of nitrogen fixers among other so=
il
life but is also a very strong chelator of metals in the soil , so much to =
the
extent that it is its actual mode of action is the inhibition of metals for=
enzyme function and disease protection. I have attached a paper for your
perousal.
Mick W
From:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On Be=
half
Of Dan
Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2011 1:15 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Soil microbes and Round Up
Hi Group,
I was wondering as a home gardener if anyone had done a quick look through =
their
microscopes to see if Round-Up had had any effect on soil microbes or know =
of
research that has been done on this subject.
Dan in Ct Zone 6A
Received on Sun Mar 13 2011 - 06:34:40 EDT