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Thanks so much for the insight (grew up on a small farm in the northeast)! I'm curious how much worse you've found the "drift-killing" of these newer chemicals

• cmrdporcupine 10y ago
  RoundupReady GMO corn and soy means they just blast the crap out of it without fear of where it will go. They are supposed to pay attention to wind speed etc. and I suspect most _try_ but every year I get damage from one of the three -- glyphosate, 2-4,d [the worst], or glufosinate (most harmless). And again my concern is primarily ecological. It will kill any herbaceous plant. Natural plant diversity within any wooded area nearby is going to be a problem. The other issue is that while glyphosate itself may be unproblematic from a health POV the formulations it comes in (stickers, spreaders, applicator solutions) are known to be nasty but are not required to go through the same kind of testing or disclosure really. So spraying RoundUp near streams etc. means the detergents that it is bound up with are getting into the water system. Which is trouble for amphibians, fish, and insects at least. Glyphosate is known to be safe for mammals, at least for now. I have been known to use it here or there. I have my sprayers application license, tho I don't really use it.