On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:29:10 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 04/11/2014 15:48, Brooklyn1 wrote:
F Murtz wrote:
If I have some raised gardens with vegies in them and grass weeds
start growing can I carefully paint the weed with glyphosate without
affecting the vegies?
No matter how carefully you apply glyphosate as the 'weed' dies the
chemical will dissolve into the soil and affect your vegetable plants,
and you when you eat them, if you get any.
I am sure that with such specific claims you will be happy to provide
numerous links which support your statements.
Brooklyn may not wish to make observations of / for his posts.
However to assist you and Moe DeLoughan who from your posts I assume to
be Monsanto stooges / strawmen, I suggest that visitors to this post
Google themselves variations of "Monsanto, Roundup, Spain, contaminations
degradations"
One will lead to this extract:
"Monsanto, the world leader in the production of genetically engineered
(GE) staple crops, has long claimed that its broad-spectrum herbicide
Roundup is safe.
In fact, they have even used the following slogans to describe it:
"It's Safer than Mowing"
"Biodegradable"
"Environmentally Friendly"
What we are now finding out -- unfortunately long after hundreds of
millions of pounds of the chemical have already been applied to U.S. soil
-- is that Roundup is proving to be a pervasive environmental threat, one
that may already be poisoning a good portion of the world's remaining
natural water supply.
Roundup is Contaminating Groundwater Supplies
The quantity of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, in the
environment has been difficult to analyze due to its physicochemical
properties, such as its relatively low molecular weight and low organic
solvent solubility.
However, a recent study used a magnetic particle immunoassay to test
for the presence of glyphosate in roughly 140 samples of groundwater from
Catalonia, Spain.
The analysis found that glyphosate was present above the limit of
quantification in 41 percent of the samples. As noted on
GreenMedInfo.com, this indicates "that, despite manufacturer's claims, it
does not break down rapidly in the environment, and is accumulating there
in concerning quantities."
Groundwater, which is water from rain, lakes, streams or other bodies
of water that soaks into soil and bedrock, can easily become contaminated
when chemicals in the soil with low biodegradability and high mobility
empty into it.
When groundwater is used as a drinking water source, this
contamination poses a risk to animals, plants and humans alike. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explains further:
"Contaminated groundwater can hurt animals, plants, or humans
only if it is first removed from the ground by manmade or natural
processes. In many parts of the world, groundwater is pumped out of the
ground so it can be used as a source of water for drinking, bathing,
other household uses, agriculture, and industry. In addition, groundwater
can reach the surface through natural pathways such as springs.
Contaminated groundwater can affect the quality of drinking and
other types of water supplies when it reaches the surface. Contaminated
groundwater can affect the health of animals and humans when they drink
or bathe in water contaminated by the groundwater or when they eat
organisms that have themselves been affected by groundwater
contamination."
That glyphosate has been detected beyond the limit of quantification
in 41 percent of groundwater samples tested reveals yet another
concerning "side effect" of its rampant use: namely, that it is not
biodegrading in the soil, as previously assumed by many scientists,
rather, is trickling down below the soil to the groundwater, where
processes of biodegradation are much slower, and the opportunity for it
to accumulate to toxic levels is much greater. These findings have
devastating environmental and human health implications, as glyphosate is
the most widely used herbicide in the world and is being found virtually
everywhere it has been tested"
The full text of which is available at:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar.../10/herbicide-
poison-groundwater-supply.aspx
Other URLs of interest for those who do not wish to do their own research
may be:
http://www.gardenguides.com/130007-soil-toxicity-roundup.html
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philp...antos-roundup-
herbicide-soil-damage
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061018160356AAmxbwP
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061018160356AAmxbwP
http://permaculturenews.org/2012/11/...d-be-banned-a-
review-of-its-hazards-to-health-and-the-environment/
http://www.naturalnews.com/035221_Roundup_soil_health_food_supply.html
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080609044206AAviMAf
http://farmingsweetbay.wordpress.com...oundup-out-of-
our-farms-soil/
https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080920164829AAmjP5b
#*#*
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/un-...os-glyphosate-
destroying-soil
http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/jan10/
scientists_find_negative_impacts_of_GM_crops.php
Linked to Parkinson's disease
http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/27/monsa...75-of-air-and-
rain-samples/
False advertising:
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/56554
Honey Bee starvation
http://www.gmoevidence.com/location/roundup-evidence/
Damages pigs:
http://permaculturenews.org/2014/05/...s-pigs-banned-
danish-farmer/
That gives a balanced view, though it does not necessarily support the
views and assertions of messrs Layman and DeLoughan