I know a fair bit about toxicity of pesticides and xenobiotics in general. Roundup is about the most widely used herbicide on the market. Roundup toxicity to weeds is specific and very potent. Its toxicity to animals is quite low; actually about as toxic as table salt. I don’t mean to be flippant, but your attribution of the decline in amphibian population in your area to roundup is not a controlled experiment. Roundup (glyphosate) is not the culprit. Check the refereed literature and you will find that I am close to the mark here. I fear that many people are misled by the old media on this issue as well as most political issues that don’t favor liberalism.
I’d have bet a million dollars you’d quote the hackneyed “table salt” analogy.
Monsanto would *never* lie, suppress evidence or study results that would affect their sales, would they?
Toss a little Aspartame on your tofu, just for good measure because “studies” say it’s ‘safe’, too.
http://www.mitra.biz/blog/archives/2005/07/roundup_toxic_a.html
Case in point; I called the local lawn care company to ask what to do for the Chlorophyllum molybdites infestation in my yard and they said -nothing- would work except extreme excavation of the affected area.
*But*, he did suggest I try Roundup because although nothing else on this planet kills that crud, Roundup does put a hurt on it.
[and I’d already tried table salt, amongst about dozen other other “home remedy” suggestions and no, I did *not* resort to Roundup because the mushrooms are in the same yard where the dogs play]
So, as far your defense of Roundup goes, I give up.
Poison your world.
It’s your property.
Personally, I’m going to be calling the manufacturer of the only soy product I use and ask if Roundup ever touches their crop.
If it does, I’m done with them.