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marie · 19-08-2004, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Maclaren

In article ,
"Franz Heymann" writes:
| "marie" wrote in message
| ...
|
| I now know the weedkiller is called Touche.
| It's 2 main ingredients are GLYPHOSATE and DIURON.
| The council man said it was a contact herbicide, yet the rep of the
| maker said it was contact as well as systemic herbicide.
|
| Your council man does not know his brass from his oboe.
| There is plenty of reading matter on the web which makes it quite
| plain that glyphosate is a translocating herbicide.

However, (to a first approximation) glyphosate is not absorbed by
roots and does not transfer through soil. Diuron does both.

They were bullshitting, to try to avoid responsibility.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thanks again for the replies and information.
If it's ok i'd like to keep this thread going as long as possible, in order to keep people updated on the present situation.
Right now, i am leaning towards sending off samples for analysis, i think it might be money well spent.
I will post any developments here.

Thanks again.