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Salad Daze
On Roundup |
Umbra Fisk |
18 Aug 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have a large, organic (hopefully) vegetable garden. However, I occasionally use Roundup around the edges to keep invasive grasses from creeping in. Now, I have been given to understand that Roundup is relatively safe and breaks down almost immediately. What are your thoughts on this subject? I totally trust your judgment. Betsy Michigan Dearest Betsy, Roundup is relatively safe -- it's not as bad as, say, depleted uranium -- but that ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, gardening, GMOs, health, organic food, toxics (all these topics) |
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