Posted on 06/24/2017 6:13:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
That is not a bad idea...wonder if it would damage the roots of surrounding grass? Even so, might be worth it!
Still waiting on the tree stump removal guy...had hoped the guy would do it this weekend. I left 3 messages...These landscaping people can be so flighty!!
“Who is going to put roundup on a food crop? You can’t harvest/sell/eat dead veggies and fruit.”
Do your own research. Roundup is sprayed on genetically modified soybeans crops (and others). The weeds die, but the soy plant has been engineered to live through the application. Last I checked, soybeans were food, and added to many other foods as a filler.
How can I say THIS nicely, if you used to sell it, you certainly were not very well informed about its use tied to soybean production.
Here’s a link, but I encourage you to read up on it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_soybean
Also, if you plan on replanting an area, be careful about using a salt-based mix because the salt can make it difficult to grow desirable plants, and grass after the weeds are killed. That’s not a problem with glyphosate as it degrades when it hits soil.
Current glyphosate-resistant crops include soy, corn, canola, alfalfa, sugar beets, and cotton, with wheat still under development.
By 2015, 89% of corn, 94% of soybeans, and 89% of cotton produced in the US were genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant.
That’s awesome!
From Center for Food Safety May 2015 Fact Sheet
GLYPHOSATE AND CANCER RISK: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHY IS THERE CONCERN ABOUT GLYPHOSATE AND CANCER?What Do We Really Know About Roundup Weed Killer?The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) cancer authorities – the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – recently determined that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans”.
Glyphosate is the most heavily used pesticide in the world thanks to widespread planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready crops, which are genetically engineered to survive spraying with it.
Use and exposure will increase still more if glyphosate-resistant turf grasses currently being developed for lawns, playing fields and golf courses are introduced.
Nearly all the corn, soy, and cotton now grown in the United States is treated with glyphosate. Its use skyrocketed after seeds were genetically engineered to tolerate the chemical.From 2014, MIT Researcher: Glyphosate Herbicide will Cause Half of All Children to Have Autism by 2025Because these seeds produce plants that are not killed by glyphosate, farmers can apply the weed killer to entire fields without worrying about destroying crops.
Between 1987 and 2012, annual U.S. farm use grew from less than 11 million pounds to nearly 300 million pounds.
“By far the vast use is on [genetically engineered] crops – corn, soy and cotton – that took off in the early to mid-nineties,” says Robert Gilliom, chief of surface water assessment for the US Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment Program.
Dr. Seneff noted the ubiquity of glyphosate’s use. Because it is used on corn and soy, all soft drinks and candies sweetened with corn syrup and all chips and cereals that contain soy fillers have small amounts of glyphosate in them, as do our beef and poultry since cattle and chicken are fed GMO corn or soy.Lots of food crops are sprayed with Round Up and we eat it.Wheat is often sprayed with Roundup just prior to being harvested, which means that all non-organic bread and wheat products would also be sources of glyphosate toxicity.
The amount of glyphosate in each product may not be large, but the cumulative effect (especially with as much processed food as Americans eat) could be devastating.
A recent study shows that pregnant women living near farms where pesticides are applied have a 60% increased risk of children having an autism spectrum disorder.
Personally, I'd rather eat the stuff God makes. I've found that the closer to God I get, the better things are.
We’re giving it a shot. We’ll see.
Aspartame and Sucralose are two very different things.
Health Impact News is something I have never seen before, so if you go down to the bottom, they have other websites that share the same Cascading Style Sheets. They have one that is real big on coconut oil. I like coconut oil, but not that much! So they have an axe to grind. And as for 1/2 of all children being autistic by 2025, I guess by then, we will have forgotten that they said that when we already can see that not even 1/4 of all kids are autistic right now. Maybe it's one of those hockey stick things.
My intent with the links and quoted materials was to address the idea that Round Up is not sprayed on food crops.
It is.
And we eat those foods.
As to your specific counters to the quotes listed, I bet you could find research that would satisfy your standards.
There is a lot of material to sort through and it's worth the effort to see for yourself.
Round Up is likely not as safe as it's advertised to be and likely not as dangerous as some feel/claim, either.
Do what you want with you and yours, but I've read enough that I don't want that stuff around me and mine anymore.
I'm convinced that God's stuff is better to eat than what you can get from a lab.
Thank you.
Keyhopper,
Salt would keep anything from growing in its place, right?
Then my lawn would look like an B-52 had flown an Arc Light mission over it....
One shot glass of regular gas per lapsus calami post here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3563720/posts?page=121#121
would allow regular grass to grow in the weeds place, after having pulled out the dead weed...
Courtesy ping...
I use Groundclear. Stronger concentration and an additional herbicide.
Thx ...
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