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3. Complaining that a herbicide kills plants is not a good argument

Reply to ananda (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 11:15 PM

Jan 2012

It is supposed to kill plants.

A much greater danger to the supportive capacity of the planet
is the introduction of non native invasive species .... not round up

BTW I have been working in the field of ecological restoration for years.

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