Despite Monsanto and Bayer still deceiving, obfuscating and arguing. The guy sprayed Roundup for years and inhaled the mist and it drifted all over him. If you routinely drench yourself with bleach, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide or a plethora of other common household products, you too will feel the ill effects.
An ounce of whiskey will kill rat. Should we ban whiskey? This guy was using a pump spraying unit that blew up. He did not have proper protective gear on. He got drenched, and as far as I know he left it on for a period instead of immediately washing it off. This is an example of the tort system going crazy.
There certainly are cases where the manufacturer hid information or the dangers of a product ie. Teflon, DuPont. But some of the settlements in these cases are absolutely ridiculous, particularly in cases where the user did not follow manufacturers instructions. Juries award victims in these cases for being careless or just plain ignorant. Follow the instructions and safety precautions! Glyphosate is a chelator of cations — it ties them up.
Furthermore it is a patented antibiotoc. Its chief modes of action! Your soil needs help. Try to replenish some micro nutrients.
Expert advice needed. None better than Dr Don Huber. Google him. Also a soil probiotic bacterial or fungal would help enormously. When you pick up the tarp the plants should be dead underneath and the roots easy to remove. Lawns and gardens aside, if you are a homeowner and have bushes and climbing vines of poison ivy I would argue that roundup has a definate benefit.
Hi, Allen, We recommend contacting the manufacturer for product-specific questions. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Today's Homeowner. Expert Advice on Improving Your Home. Lawn Doctor Review The Basics of Lawn Maintenance. Thank you, Maura. Thanks for the info about how long to wait to replant.
What can I use to eradicate Knott weed, and still have use for the soil at a later date? My neighbor poured round up on my lawn, how long should I wait to fertilize the grass?
Desperate lil ole lady in Montana. Hi, Catherine! Thanks, George. How long after spraying weeds with Roundup, can I plant blue rug junipers. I sprayed my lawn with roundup, it been three weeks can I reseed by just broadcasting? Please enter your comment! The herbicide travels through the sap to the roots and ends up in the soil when the plant dies. It binds tightly to the soil and eventually, microbes break it down. Its half-life is from 1 to days, depending on the soil composition.
The small amount that runs out of the soil can take 12 days to 10 weeks to break down in a body of standing water, such as a pond. Glyphosate is poorly digested by mammals and humans. Rats that were fed a steady diet of glyphosate for 3 weeks had only trace amounts in their tissues 10 days after the end of the feeding regimen.
Although it doesn't remain in the body for long, however, ingestion of glyphosate may have long-lasting health effects. You can be exposed to glyphosate if you get it on your skin, in your eyes or breathe it in when you are using it.
You might swallow some glyphosate if you eat or smoke after applying it without washing your hands first. You may also be exposed if you touch plants that are still wet with spray. Glyphosate isn't likely to vaporize after it is sprayed. Pure glyphosate is low in toxicity, but products usually contain other ingredients that help the glyphosate get into the plants. The other ingredients in the product can make the product more toxic. Products containing glyphosate may cause eye or skin irritation.
People who breathed in spray mist from products containing glyphosate felt irritation in their nose and throat. Swallowing products with glyphosate can cause increased saliva, burns in the mouth and throat, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Fatalities have been reported in cases of intentional ingestion. Pets may be at risk if they touch or eat plants that are still wet with spray from products containing glyphosate. Animals exposed to products with glyphosate may drool, vomit, have diarrhea, lose their appetite, or seem sleepy.
In humans, glyphosate does not easily pass through the skin. Glyphosate that is absorbed or ingested will pass through the body relatively quickly. The vast majority of glyphosate leaves the body in urine and feces without being changed into another chemical. These agencies looked at cancer rates in humans and studies where laboratory animals were fed high doses of glyphosate. Based on these studies, they determined that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic.
However, a committee of scientists working for the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the WHO evaluated fewer studies and reported that glyphosate is probably carcinogenic. Long-term feeding studies in animals were assessed by the U. Based on these evaluations, they found there is no evidence glyphosate is toxic to the nervous or immune systems.
They also found it is not a developmental or reproductive toxin. As required by the Food Quality Protection Act, the EPA has determined that children are not more sensitive to glyphosate as compared to the general population. Glyphosate binds tightly to soil.
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