"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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Derryl wrote:

Paraquat has arsenic in it and it can sterilize the soil it is used
for clearing lanes and sidewalks.

This is complete and utter ********. Paraquat is a fast acting knock down
contact weedkiller of the bipyridine family. It is most notable for the
tendency of would be suicides to drink it (a horrible way to go).

There are far better formulations like "Pathclear" for clearing paths that
include a long acting pre-emergent herbicide like Simazine.


I think that simazine has now been removed from the formulation
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The thing it demonstrates ever so clearly is that the average user cannot
be trusted to RTFM with potentially dangerous garden chemicals.

Even when folks do read the instructions they still get it wrong. Thank God
a majority of the lethal garden formulations have been removed from the
hands of idiots.
Regards,
Martin Brown