Subject: Re: Roundup
From: "John Huff" <jhu554@airmail.net>
Organization: Grow Your Own
Date: 12 Sep 1997 10:47:33 GMT
Message-ID: <MOD$970912.7022@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$970816.7652@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$970819.25332@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$970819.26786@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$970912.3238@rec.gardens.ecosystems>


True, but can't the toxicity be reduced by water to kill the problem area.
After all,, you wouldn't need full strength for a small patch.
--
John Huff


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We all travel into the future at the same speed.
Some arrive wiser, some ignorant, and some stay
the same.

John Huff

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote in article
<MOD$970912.3238@rec.gardens.ecosystems>...
>
> Bill Robinson wrote:
> > RoundUp is relatively low toxic and relatively easy on the
> > environment.
>
> No its not. Its very toxic to humans and to the environment.
> Serious eye and respiratory problems can result from exposure
> during application. Entire trees can be killed by it, over time,
> when doing weed control around them.
>
> See my Roundup FAQ at
> http://sunsite.unc.edu/london/pested/faqs/roundup.faq
>
> > See Extoxnet at:
> > http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet
>
> This report isn't worth a hill of beans. For complete and accurate
> information on Roundup visit the PANNA (Pesticide Action Network of
> North America) page at: http://www.igc.apc.org/panna/
> and the NCAMP (National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides)
> page at: http://www.csn.net/ncamp/
>
> Troy Coziahr wrote:
> > Roundup is a very safe pesticide from a toxicity
> > standpoint .....
> > As has been discussed endlessly on these groups, many "organic"
> > alternatives can be far more toxic than Roundup.
>
> This is just not true at all. What information do you have to back
> this up? Why distribute this kind of misinformation?
>
> > Just keep in mind that the "organic is good,
> > man-made is bad" mindset is grossly inaccurate.
>
> This is nothing more than a lot of pesticide industry propaganda
>
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