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05-08-2003, 01:02 PM

In article ,
(Neil Jones) writes:
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| I believe that your statement is correct in general, but the
| original claim was "completely within days" and the current one
| is more like "completely, eventually, but with timescale of some
| months". However, I have seen only indirect reports on the latter.
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| The usual figures you see quoted are a half life of 60 days. This can vary.
| with a half life of 60 days six months later 10% or so is still around.
|
| Incidentally the other half truth is that it is destroyed on contact will soil.
| It isn't it can get bound up b ut not in all soil types.

I am pretty sure that you have confused paraquat and glyphosate;
that is certainly true of the former, but I think that the latter
is at least partially broken down by bacteria.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.