The bottle of Roundup “Ready to Use” you buy at the garden center has a whopping SEVEN milligrams per liter in the bottle.
Do the math.
This is almost as egregious a misrepresentation as saccharine.
Also,
Whatever we substitute is likely to have similar health risks.
The bottom line is that we “want” (convenience) and in part “need” (prevent crop destruction at an affordable cost point) some of these substances.
To me, these articles serve as a precaution when using (where, how much, avoid skin contact or inhalation), use only when necessary, as little as needed to get the job done, wash vegetables and fruit from the grocery store before consuming... At home substitute safer options when possible.
I don’t freak out about it, but I also avoid unnecessary exposure.
But who am I to talk, I’ve had cancer twice. I might not be the best to give advice. LOL
SEVEN milligrams per liter
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Glyphosate is usually represented as a percentage of the volume. Not in milligrams - which is a weight measurement and has nothing to do with volume. You do not spray milligrams, you spray volume:
one liter is only 0.26 of a gallon; 7mg is 0.00025 oz; 1 gallon = 3.7 liters
1 gallon of Roundup “Ready to Use” contains 26 milligrams of glyphosate in solution. Or 0.0009 oz of glyphosate, a very weak solution - commercial spraying uses 3 oz a gallon and achieves visible results within 20 minutes. Its probably so weak because the spray nozzle is cheap and the sprayers are untrained home owners, prone to over-spray, nor aware of the wind, and may even step in the fresh spray. Which is why the label usually say not to expect results for a number of weeks.
What’s in Roundup® Ready-to-Use Weed & Grass Killer?
The ingredients explained.
https://roundup.com/en-us/weed-grass-killers/what-s-in-roundup-ready-to-use-weed-grass-killer.html