Is glyphosate herbicide safe for the environment?
• (Brand names: Roundup®, Honcho®, Clearout® and others) Glyphosate herbicide is known to be one of the safest herbicides for people to use and one of the safest in the environment (see Wikipedia “glyphosate” for a quick introduction). Glyphosate is taken into a growing plant by being absorbed by green leaves. It then blocks the carbohydrate synthesizing process in the green plant so that the plant starves to death. Glyphosate is not active in the soil, as soon as the herbicide contacts soil it becomes deactivated and harmless. Glyphosate has been used with huge success and been harmless to the environment for more than 25 years. We do not sell glyphosate products nor do we endorse any one brand of glyphosate.
