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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (99040)	5/24/2003 5:31:45 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Round Up has been found in ground water in Denmark, a country that depends on ground water for its supply of potable water. Glyphosate may enter aquatic systems through accidental spraying, spray drift, or surface runoff. It dissipates rapidly from the water column as a result of adsorption and possibly biodegradation. The half-life in water is a few days. Sediment is the primary sink for glyphosate. After spraying, glyphosate levels in sediment rise and then decline to low levels in a few months. Due to its ionic state in water, glyphosate would not be expected to volatilize from water or soil. Based on its water solubility, glyphosate is not expected to bioconcentrate in aquatic organisms. It is minimally retained and rapidly eliminated in fish, birds, and mammals. The BCF of glyphosate in fish following a 10-14 day exposure period was 0.2 to 0.3. epa.gov Hawk

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (99040)	5/24/2003 8:39:16 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Round Up has been found in ground water in Denmark<< The question for you - I am not going to do this myself - is whether it breaks down over time. It should. I don't use it myself. Never did. The lawn has grass, clover, dandelions, crabgrass, etc., all of which are green and healthy. The man who owns the house next door is a maniac about his grass. He mows the lawn three times a week, in a criss-cross manner that gives a pleasing plaid aspect to his grass. He poisons his lawn regularly. He is up hill from me, and the rain washes his poisons down onto my lawn but they have no apparent effect on my non-grass lawn plants. The fertilizer he uses does seem to make that little bit of grass between his yard and my driveway somewhat greener. But it remains full of dandelions. Maybe less clover, I haven't given it a completely scientific study. I am trying to turn my front yard into a wildlife habitat, and he now has his house for sale. I know that the reason is my lawn and my bees, because he told me so. He is retired military. I think he was a Major when he retired, definitely not a General. In the military, when you live on base housing, they have Lawn Inspections to make sure your grass is properly grassy. I am glad that he is selling the house. I don't want him to have a stroke or a heart attack about my grass. He also hates my husband's Don't Tread On Me flag, the yellow flag with the rattlesnake, the first US flag. He thinks we are Communists. He also hates the black family on the other side, the Baptist preacher with all the kids, the one who brings the Africans to America and helps them get a job and a place to live. And he hates the Middle Eastern family next door to them, the extended family that rents the basement to the lady with the little dog. In other words, he's a typical lawn poisoner. He hates diversity, in the neighborhood and in the lawn. Call it a clash of civilizations.