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Glyphosate isn't used with fruit. He was referring to contact pesticides commonly used to kill insects that damage fruit (Eg. Malathion). You can wash contact n
by markdown 8y ago
Glyphosate isn't used with fruit. He was referring to contact pesticides commonly used to kill insects that damage fruit (Eg. Malathion). You can wash contact non-systemic pesticides off easily enough.
- kristianp 8y agoNo, the article refers to contact herbicides, not pesticides: "Non-contact herbicides are taken up by the living plant and incorporated into still growing tissues, while contact herbicides kill the tissues they touch." Also the article is written by a woman.
- randomdata 8y ago> Glyphosate isn't used with fruit. I suppose corn is botanically a fruit.
- kristianp 8y agoI can see sites that say that its regularly used in orchards to control weeds, etc.
- randomdata 8y agoIt is quite likely that it is used by orchard operators, but would have to be carefully applied away from the plant bearing the fruit else there would be a significant risk of losing the plant, which would be especially devastating in an orchard where trees are around for many years. There, of course, is no such thing as roundup resistant culinary fruit.
- rfugger 8y agoI grew up on an orchard that used Roundup for weed control. The chemical was applied directly to the ground beneath the trees, and to the trunks. The concentration was calculated to kill weeds, but not the trees, which were much more robust. Roundup certainly could have been absorbed into the trees and fruit however. Young trees had aluminum shields put around their trunks to protect them.
- randomdata 8y ago> Roundup certainly could have been absorbed into the trees and fruit however. It could, but then the plant would die – or at very least show symptoms of roundup exposure, which is equally undesirable. Roundup binds to the soil, making it not bioavailable for absorption through the roots.