Re: [RML] The most poisonous substance?
Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:27:37 +1000
At 11:23 20/07/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Hey Andrew,
>
>>on toxic substances,
>>a) go and ask the frog population in your local area
>>how they are dealing with glyphosate-based herbicides.
>
> Just what is it that is nasty with these? I admit to using it a fair-bit
>around my fish ponds with no problems to the fish - and seemingly no
>reduction in the frog population. We now have 12 species of frogs (plus
>bufos) including one that I won't admit to in case we get turned into a
>national park.
Check with the froggos around the place - some of them were blaming
non-residual herbicides containing glyphosates for frog die-offs, no names
;) Don't ask me to prove it, I don't want to have any part of that, lot of
people have a lot of money tied up in pushing "safe" chemicals. ;)
Cheers, Andrew
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