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martin · 03-06-2010, 11:25 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 03/06/10 12:19, wrote:
In article ,
Martin wrote:

Did you read it? It is highly toxic to humans and animals breaking down
red blood cells, sterilises the ground and persists 6 months to five
years in the ground. Do your really want that getting into your water
supply?

I certainly don't want such extreme claims getting there! Bluntly,
that's so misleading as to be tantamount to being twaddle. It's one
of the ecologically safest horticultural chemicals because, while
it's nasty when it is still around, it decomposes completely into
totally harmless and widespread chemicals - i.e. common salt and
combined oxygen.

So you may as well use common salt as people have suggested.

Too much common salt in the ground water isn't a good thing.
In places like the Netherlands it is a major problem.