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"RichToyBox" wrote in message
... snip The botanist for the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC said at a pond meeting several years ago, that Roundup can be used to control weeds in natural ponds without affecting the fish and other animals. It is apparently neutralized on contact with water. I would, personally, limit the amount of roundup going into the pond, snip Hi, What this poster is recommending is illegal. While Roundup may be effective on poison ivy it is dangerous and as stated above illegal to use on water, period. When all else fails RTFL. I googled "roundup + water" sans quotes, and chose these links from 800,000. http://www.pitt.edu/~relyea/Roundup.html "bad for amphibians" read Relyea's report http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2...lyea1apr05.htm quoted from http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/g.../burry298.html begin quote "Aquatic Midge larvae are killed in 55 PPM of glyphosate 50% of test populations of a predatory mite was killed by exposure to Roundup The endangered longhorn beetle is susceptible to low levels of glyphosate As little as 10 PPM has been shown to kill 50% of test populations of fish" end quote HTH -_- how no NEWS is good |
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