Re: Residual effects of Roundup
- Subject: Re: Residual effects of Roundup
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 01:52:10 EDT
In a message dated 8/6/01 10:15:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
<< 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. >>
Some where in this conversation the use of shredded newspapers for mulch came
up. Newspapers have heavy metals in the ink used and are therefore not simon
pure. I have not read articles connecting sodium glysophate with cancer. My
town and state have sprayed roads all around me with sodium glysophate.
Since this rural area has private wells all over, I thought this a poor idea.
The State of New York did not and cited all kinds of evidence that the
chemical breaks down in around two weeks. It is voluminous. Anyone wanting
this stuff can write to the Environmental Conservation Dept., State of New
York which is on the web in it's many pages.
Bill, as you, I am hoping this is all true. Since it is widely used by
everybody we should not want another DDT to emerge. We use it occasionally
to spray cracks in pavements and gravel edgings around buildings. This is
one of those things that has both friends and enemies and will never be
settled in our lifetime.
For my uses, I have read recently that I could use about one inch of salt or
pour boiling water over cracks and edgings. I think I have been reading
that advice, now, for about forty years. A quick spritz is a lot easier than
lugging many kettles of boiling water around. It is easy to see why S.G. is
popular.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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