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I thought glyphosate became inactive when it touched the soil so how can it poison the soil if it does this?
http://deadsmall.com/3TUThis is the report from the UK Pesticides Safety Directorate on the proposed law to ban things like endochrine disruptors.It seems the law may be changed from risks of residual levels in crops to banning any chemical which has certain health hazards regardless of exposure.The EU also want to add extra things onto the legislation.It appears glyphosate is on the list of chemicals that have a 5yr window in which to be substituted for alternative products before being banned - if the law is approved.The real effects will be on commercial agriculture as the majority of current pest/weed controls look to be banned.(I only joined this site to post this one message as I'm usually over on allotment.org.uk)
The only reference I can find is a European Commission report on Glyphosate published 2002. It is long, complex and technical with much reference to EU directives, but essentially gives the chemical a clean bill of health (10% chance of mortality if you drink it neat!), but frequently stresses that any controls would be a matter for member states to legislate.