On Jul 22, 7:22 pm, "cat daddy" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote in message

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"Fred" wrote:
I have quite a bit of poison ivy growing near my well. I was considering
using an herbicide like Ortho or Roundup but I'm concerned about the
chemical getting into my drinking water. Does anyone know if using this
near
a well should be a concern?

Round up will kill poison ivy completely but no brand of defoliant is
permanent, eventually poison ivy may invade again, it'll be different
plants. If you're concerned about leaching into your well you can
also use rock salt for controlling tough weeds. In any event I don't
think you need to concern yourself with contamination unless your well
is very shallow, like less than 20 feet.

Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Contaminates Drinking Waterhttp://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/glyphosate051503.cfm

Danish water contaminated by round-up, ban imposedhttp://www.newfarm.org/international/news/090103/092203/dn_rr_ban.shtml

September 15, 2003: Denmark has imposed a ban on the spraying of glyphosates
today following the release of data which found that glyphosate, the active
ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide (RR) has been contaminating the
drinking water resources of the country.
The chemical has, against all expectations sieving down through the soil and
polluting the ground water at a rate of five times more than the allowed
level for drinking water, according to tests done by the Denmark and
Greenland Geological Research Institution (DGGRI)

Good information about glyphosate is also found here
http://www.pesticide.org/glyphosate.pdf .

Poison ivy can also be removed safely with a weed twister. A long
handle of 48 or 54 inches will protect you from touching the plant.
Be sure to wash off the tool after using it on poison ivy.

There is also now a 12 step herbicide detox program.

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At peace with weeds!