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The real "travesty" is that the United States Geological Survey and the National Park Service would then endanger the Rock River biome by widespread and INDISCRIMINATE spraying of Rodeo herbicide to control the lesser celandine. Rodeo is a massively toxic Glyphosphate which the US Fish and Wildlife service lists as a long-term risk for endangered native plants. Rodeo is very mobile in groundwater systems and basically does NOT break down easily. It causes genetic damage in humans and easily enters our food chain through the water cycle.

Susan,
Great web site! You should get in touch with Dave Emerson at the Government Center to learn about the local tree situation.
--Ken

Can anyone site the study that states Rodeo as "massively toxic" and a "long term risk for endangered native plants"? "Dangerous for humans and enters the food chain through the water cycle"?

I'm also trying to find out what the inert ingredients are in Rodeo. It might be that this substance is more toxic than the active ingredients.

Thanks for any information,
Ree Slocum
RAC (Resource Advisory Council) Member, Mendocino County, CA

This is came in my email and I thought it might help you. It's on Roundup not Rodeo but might be of some use:

NEW STUDIES: MONSANTO'S BEST SELLING "SAFE" PESTICIDE IS HIGHLY TOXIC
Two new peer-reviewed scientific studies have further confirmed the
toxicity of glyphosate, the world's most commonly used herbicide.
The June 2005 scientific journal "Environmental Health Perspectives"
reports that glyphosate, sold by Monsanto under the brand
name "Roundup," damages human placental cells at exposure levels ten
times less than what the company claims is safe. A study in the
August journal Ecological Applications found that even when applied
at concentrations that are one-third of the maximum concentrations
typically found in waterways, Roundup still killed up to 71 percent
of tadpoles in the study. Similar glyphosate studies around the
world have been equally alarming. The American Academy of Family
Physicians epidemiological research has now linked exposure to the
herbicide with increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a life-
threatening cancer, while a Canadian study has linked glyphosate
exposure with increased risk for miscarriage. A 2002 study linked
glyphosate exposure with increased incidence of attention deficit
disorder in children. Despite these studies, Monsanto continues to
advertise Roundup, sprayed heavily on 140 million acres of
genetically engineered crops across the world, as one of
the "safest" pesticides on the market. Learn more & take action:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.html

I'm ashamed to say my garden or yard is being taken over by the above phony buttercup. When you are trying to creat a home and garden on a small budget you have a tendency to try things that are inexpensive. Lo and behold on my way home from visiting a friend one year I saw a mass of yellow flowers with dark green foliage in the woods. Needless to say I came back with a box and dug some up thinking what a nice filler for the bare spots. Well need I say more. I will be spending my retirement pulling these things out. My husband and I are proud of our organic yard. We mow and trim by hand, no blowers or week wackers here. No pestisides, no unecessary watering of the grass. Weeds are hand pulled and I prided myself in knowing the difference between native and non native species. Except the buttercup, and here I thought my only nemisis was the european starling. Is my face red.

Marilyn --

Thanks for sharing an experience that many of us have had (me, too!). Unless we've been warned that it's a bad guy, of course, we transplant some, who could resist? This is how this evil, manipulative little guy has spread so badly.

Seriously, what we need to do is keep getting the word out there. If you want to help educate others, next spring, print out a copy of the "Marsh Menace" article and hang it up on a public bulletin board.

Sue