In article 83f87cbf26db3fd36877c726bb8e3504@TeraNews,
Malcolm wrote:

On Fri, 16 May 2003 07:07:22 +0100, Oz
wrote:

LD50 for rats 4050 mg/kg
LC50 for rats (4h) 1.3mg/l air
(note greater than, implies they couldn't reach LD50).

So a 100kg person would need to ingest about 400g or 1lb of glyphosate
to have a 50% chance of killing themselves. I would suggest a more
active product would be better.

Note that diluted spray in the sprayer tank at 1.5kg active in 200L
means that you need to consume some 70L of product straight from the
sprayer. The acute lethal dose for water is about 5L, so you get to die
from water ingestion well before dying from the glyphosate. OK, that's
not the whole picture but you get the drift.

Glyphosate is rapidly excreted.

Non of which is borne out by the facts. millions of gallons are used
throughout the world, and it is extremely toxic. I think I would
prefer to trust those who do not have an "agenda" for it's use!
rather than those who earn a living from cutting corners.

So the fact that it is very, very hard to eat enough glyphosate to kill
you doesn't affect your faith in this 'dangerous substance'? In that
case I have this wonderful product I would like to sell you, it protects
you against that terribly toxic chemical dihydrogen monoxide. It's more
toxic than glyphosate don't you know! It just so happens that I have
some dehydrated water here sealed in a sterile container that I can let
you have at a discounted price of £500 a vial. This once in a lifetime
offer is only available to you for a short time only. Don't delay, you
owe yourself and your loved ones the protection only this product can
offer.

Peter

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