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Re:Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, from U.S. Home and Gar... by worker767424 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:15PM (#28051701)
> Its impact will last generations.

According to Wikipedia,

> The half-life of glyphosate in soil ranges between 2 and 197 days; a typical field half-life of 47 days has been suggested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Environmental_fate

As far as herbicides go, it's relatively safe and short-lived. It's nothing compared to DDT.

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Re:Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, from U.S. Home and Gar... by trdtaylor1 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:17PM (#28051719)
I can confirm from personal experience dumping glyco on my yard, this isn't the same as DDT / PFAS.
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Re:Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, from U.S. Home and Gar... by penultimatebro on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:13PM (#28054860)
Hey maybe the next one won’t give cancer to whoever’s exposed to it. I’m just psyched the soil will able to be grown in eventually.
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