OUST
In 1999, The Environmental League of Massachusetts, referencing a research review (15 pages, 183 citations) in the Journal of Pesticide Reform, Fall 1998, noted that Oust is one of a new generation of herbicides called sulfonylureas that are 100 times more toxic to weeds than their predecessors. These chemicals have been shown to cause serious crop plant damage when they drift away from target areas.
GLYPHOSATE
Glyphosate has been measured in runoff four months after its application. Glyphosate increases non-target plants' susceptibility to disease and reduces the growth of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. It has reduced populations of beneficial insects, birds, and small mammals by destroying vegetation on which they depend for food and shelter.
LINK AND LEARN
http://www.pesticide.org/get-the-facts/pesticide-factsheets/factsheets/sulfometuron
GLYPHOSATE
Glyphosate has been measured in runoff four months after its application. Glyphosate increases non-target plants' susceptibility to disease and reduces the growth of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. It has reduced populations of beneficial insects, birds, and small mammals by destroying vegetation on which they depend for food and shelter.
LINK AND LEARN
Glyphosate
Glyphosate herbicides are “among the world’s most widely used herbicides.” and glyphosate is “the world’s leading agrochemical.” Although glyphosate herbicides have been popular since they were first marketed in 1974, their use in agriculture has expanded recently with the increased use of crops that have been genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate treatment. Roundup is a popular brand name for glyphosate herbicides, although many other brand names are used. Glyphosate is marketed in more than 100 countries by a variety of manufacturers, but Monsanto Company has been and continues to be the major commercial supplier worldwide. Download the Factsheet
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/gateway/pesticide/glyphosate.htm
Chemical Watch Fact Sheet
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/infoservices/pesticidesandyou/Spring%2001/Chemical%20Watch%20Factsheet%20on%20Glyphosate.pdf
http://www.ecologycenter.org/factsheets/roundup.html
