And these experts say "probable human carcinogen". It either IS or NOT but they don't know. More experts please.
lythande1,
Mar 29, 2:34pm
Roundup is useless anyway.
ira78,
Mar 29, 2:56pm
OMG, evil chemicals something something Monsanto! I'll just use glyphosate instead.
tel4,
Mar 29, 3:19pm
Have to be a bit pragmatic about some of these things. The original article also says Dr Oliver Jones, from RMIT University, said: ???This sounds scary and IARC evaluations are usually very good, but to me the evidence appears a bit thin.??
dastedly,
Mar 30, 2:04am
Glyphosate is Roundup
ira78,
Mar 30, 2:05pm
No. Really? I never knew. (Is my sarcasm obvious enough for you to get it this time around?) :P
maclad,
Mar 30, 10:24pm
Please forgive me if I'm wrong. So often I am but my understanding is that Roundup is glyphosphate with a surfactant added but glyphosphate does not have a surfactant added. It is the addition of the surfactant which increases the dangers of using Roundup. I read an article re this a few years ago and it stated the combination of the two made the chemical more dangerous.
maclad,
Mar 30, 10:26pm
As far as I know glyphosphate is not Roundup, just one part of the Roundup mix
ira78,
Apr 1, 10:12pm
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in roundup. A lot, if not most, of the other brands of herbicide that include glyphosate also include a surfactant. Even a bit of dish soap works passably as a ghetto surfactant.
mkbooks,
Feb 14, 9:10am
When Roundup first came out, the salesmen were told (by the yank chemical cos) that it was so safe that they could DRINK it + some did to sell the stuff to farmers/growers. It was used wholesale in the USA on "commercial truck farms"-after about 10 years they started getting abnormal plant growth
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