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> But when glyphosate encounters certain trace metal ions that make water hard—like magnesium and calcium—glyphosate-metal ion complexes can form. Those complex

• oasisbob 3y ago
  > Isn't basically all water outside hard water? No, many surface water sources are soft. eg, Seattle and Portland municipal water supplies are both drawn from rivers in local watersheds, and have no appreciable mineral content.
• whalesalad 3y ago
  Money talks and Monsanto is not afraid to use it. Lobbyists are the answer. - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/16/revealed-monsanto-mexico-us-glyphosate-ban https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/16/revealed-mo... - https://ahrp.org/a-profit-enhancing-policy-shift-trumps-public-safety-scientific-integrity/ https://ahrp.org/a-profit-enhancing-policy-shift-trumps-publ... - https://corporateeurope.org/en/2016/10/monsanto-lobbying https://corporateeurope.org/en/2016/10/monsanto-lobbying - https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/youll-never-guess-how-much-bayer-and-monsanto-spend-lobbying-2016-09-16 https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/youll-never-guess-how-much-b...
• gniv 3y ago
  It's even worse than that. Those are the half-lives. From the paper: "These glyphosate-metal complexes increase the half-life of the herbicide dramatically, from 90 days to 7 years in water and 47 days to 22 years in soil." On the plus side, things should get better soon: "In 2012, Sri Lanka imported >5 million kg of glyphosate until a ban was imposed since 2014."