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How many "low-level" exposures does it take before it graduates to a "risky" exposure? The other major effect is wide-range poisoning of insects that just happ
by forgotmypw17 5y ago
How many "low-level" exposures does it take before it graduates to a "risky" exposure?
The other major effect is wide-range poisoning of insects that just happen to be passing through the garden.
- likpok 5y agoDoes glyphosate poison insects at all? It targets a pathway specific to plants, and generally is non-toxic to everything else. Farmers (and gardeners and homeowners) use a whole lot of other pesticides to kill insects, which will affect non-targeted species. Slug baits sometimes are mixed with other broad-spectrum insectisides, and Raid is persistent (part of it's design is to kill the wasps that return to the nest later!)
- pkaye 5y agoRoundup is glyphosate plus a surfactant. The surfactant is use to strip the waxy coating on plant leaves so the glyphosate can act. I've read the surfactant is the bigger issue for insects.