Comments on: What Do They Think of Poppies? http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/what-do-they-think-of-poppies/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mitch H. http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/what-do-they-think-of-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-374798 Mitch H. Tue, 29 May 2007 21:02:08 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/what-do-they-think-of-poppies/#comment-374798 The people that freak out over glyphosate are the same sorts who got DDT banned on the theory that since it was hell on critters & did a number on egg thickness that it *must* be doing something to people. Glyphosates have extremely low persistence which makes their environmental impact almost negligible beyond the immediate herbicidal effect. This isn't Agent Orange. Of course, it isn't something you could actually consume safely, and you probably don't want to be sprayed with it any more than you'd want to get hosed down with antifreeze or gasoline. But it breaks down too fast to contaminate water tables, let alone soil. Roundup was originally developed by Monsanto, but there have been genetic glyphosates available for almost a decade now. Every chem company has its own brand & set of proprietary mixtures these days. Dozens and dozens of 'em. The people that freak out over glyphosate are the same sorts who got DDT banned on the theory that since it was hell on critters & did a number on egg thickness that it *must* be doing something to people. Glyphosates have extremely low persistence which makes their environmental impact almost negligible beyond the immediate herbicidal effect. This isn’t Agent Orange. Of course, it isn’t something you could actually consume safely, and you probably don’t want to be sprayed with it any more than you’d want to get hosed down with antifreeze or gasoline. But it breaks down too fast to contaminate water tables, let alone soil.

Roundup was originally developed by Monsanto, but there have been genetic glyphosates available for almost a decade now. Every chem company has its own brand & set of proprietary mixtures these days. Dozens and dozens of ‘em.

]]> By: sebistan http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/what-do-they-think-of-poppies/comment-page-1/#comment-374792 sebistan Tue, 29 May 2007 17:26:57 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/29/what-do-they-think-of-poppies/#comment-374792 There's a really interesting discussion thread on glysophate on an Australian garden-nerd blog: http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pests/msg0216201723773.html It's a run-of-the-mill weed killer, developed by Ag-giant Monsanto. Still, poison is poison. There’s a really interesting discussion thread on glysophate on an Australian garden-nerd blog: http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pests/msg0216201723773.html

It’s a run-of-the-mill weed killer, developed by Ag-giant Monsanto. Still, poison is poison.

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