Re: Residual effects of Roundup

In a message dated 8/6/01 4:37:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ColumbusGardener@aol.com writes:


Here is a link concerning it's link to cancer.
The pasted text concerns it's biodegradability.  Need more info let me
know.

Interesting link, Jennifer, but you and I read it differently; perhaps I got
it wrong, but I thought it said the cancer danger was from residue on the
crops where Roundup is sprayed on herbicide-resistant crops.  I didn't read
anything there about Roundup not degrading in contact with soil.

So I'm not yet convinced that sensible use of Roundup on the home garden is
something to be alarmed about.  I would certainly never spray anything I was
going to eat with it, and I would avoid skin contact and avoid inhaling the
vapors.  This is just common sense for use of any poison.

Don't get me wrong:  I'm not a big advocate of poisons in the garden.  But I
think we need to be well informed.
Bill Lee
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