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Interesting that is contains Ethoxylated Tallowamine. I would like to know what other "inert" ingredients are commonly found in it. Also, is it true that it co
by ArtDev 10y ago
Interesting that is contains Ethoxylated Tallowamine.
I would like to know what other "inert" ingredients are commonly found in it. Also, is it true that it contains heavy metals?
- maxerickson 10y agoThe linked article is largely about Ethoxylated Tallowamine. If you believe that the US system for hazardous materials is effective, then no, it won't contain anything more than traces of other materials, because those things aren't on the safety label. If you don't believe that the US system for hazardous materials is effective, why would you believe me either?
- ArtDev 10y agoI think that MSDS sheets have their limits. Its basically just for acute exposure.
- maxerickson 10y agoThey are required to characterize the material in question. They don't say a bit of glyphosate and some other stuff we had around, they list the ingredients and give the proportion of each ingredient.
- ArtDev 10y agofrom the article: "But because manufacturers of weed killers are required to disclose only the chemical structures of their “active” ingredients — and can hide the identity of the rest as confidential business information — for many years no one knew exactly what other chemicals were in these products, let alone how they affected health."
- maxerickson 10y agoThe company is still required to list the health effects of the withheld ingredients. http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/tradesecret.html http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/tradesecret.html Also, note that in the MSDS dated 1998 that I linked above, the surfactant is identified by name.
- DanBC 10y agoHere's an MSDS for a Monsanto product. We can see it covers acute exposure, and repeat exposure, and chronic exposure. http://www.roundup.ca/_uploads/documents/RoundupUltra2Liquid-Canada-English.D14.pdf http://www.roundup.ca/_uploads/documents/RoundupUltra2Liquid...