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2. My Mom lives right next to a lake also.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 10:34 PM

Mar 2015

Used to be every year local farmers had lots of runoff, not of herbicides or pesticides, but fertilizers.

This would cause huge weed "blooms" in the lake, choking off much of the boating and fishing.

Farmers take better care nowadays, and my Mom uses far less of the stuff that she used to.

Even the Roundup that we did use was sparingly.

I'm still trying to convince Mom to quit using malathion, not only is that stuff nasty, it really stinks!

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Something I posted about a lobbyist, and how to properly use Roundup. [View all] Archae Mar 2015 OP

And do you consider where it runs off to? And other critters around the yard - birds, etc? NRaleighLiberal Mar 2015 #1

My Mom lives right next to a lake also. Archae Mar 2015 #2

Proper use is paramount Warpy Mar 2015 #3

It's an interesting one. I've got a PhD in chemistry (Ivy League). NRaleighLiberal Mar 2015 #4

my Mom spray Roundup on her backyard brickwork AlbertCat Mar 2015 #5

RoundUp is much less toxic than what farmers used before it. HuckleB Mar 2015 #7

So few of the "Round Up Is Evil" crowd understand that it's a mild poison, ... HuckleB Mar 2015 #6

A Fine Piece By "The Farmer's Daughter" On This Propaganda Attempt. HuckleB Mar 2015 #8