On Mar 23, 6:24 pm, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Gazarow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Bev > > Do you know if the pesticide used is poisonous to humans? > > I saw some young children collecting the leaves with their parents on > > Sunday while walking their dogs. > > It is a herbicide not a pesticide and it was Glyphosate - I think they > will be just fine! > > Two extracts from wikipedia - do some more research yourself. > > Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic > herbicide used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and > grasses known to compete with crops grown widely across the Midwest of > the United States. Initially patented and sold by Monsanto Company in > the 1970s under the tradename Roundup, its U.S. patent expired in > 2000. Glyphosate is the most used herbicide in the USA > > ... > > Glyphosate is rated least dangerous in comparison to other herbicides > and pesticides, such as those from the organochlorine family.[37] > Roundup has a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) > Toxicity Class of III (on a I to IV scale, where IV is least > dangerous) for oral and inhalation exposure.[38] It does not > bioaccumulate, and breaks down rapidly in the environment.[39] > > The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers > glyphosate to be relatively low in toxicity, and without carcinogenic > effects.[40] The EPA considered a "worst case" dietary risk model of > an individual eating a lifetime of food entirely from > glyphosate-sprayed fields, and with residue levels remaining at their > maximum levels, and concluded no adverse effects would exist under > these conditions[40] In 2007, the EPA selected glyphosate for further > screening for endocrinal disruptor effects, not because of suspected > effects, but because glyphosate is a widely-used herbicide (the EPA > has stated selection for screening does not itself imply > risk).[41][42] > > Trev
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