Herbicides, pesticides for *%#ks sake, Council stop using them. You don’t like fracking (chemicals). You ain’t too keen on fluoride (chemicals). Yet you love dosing us with pesticides (chemicals) and supporting Big Agriculture that formulate the killercide products. Solution is so simple – stop the chemicals today. There are other ways – good ol’ fashioned weed pulling is just one of many: the multitudes of the shire’s population out of work could potentially be able to assist with hands-on spray-free bush regeneration. Here is a sample of the killercides that wash straight into the waterways this time of year:
- Glyphosate 360g a.i/L eg. Weedmaster Duo, Roundup, Roundup Biactive
- Metsulfuron-methyl 600g a.i/kg eg. Associate, Brush Off
- Fluroxypyr 200ga.i/L eg. Starane 200
- Triclopyr butoxyethyl ester 600g a.i/L eg. Garlon 600
- Additives:
- Wetters/spreaders/penetrants eg. Pulse, Agral, LI 700, Protech Plus, Diesel
- Herbidye eg. Pergasol Red, Simplot Blue
Stop poisoning your people.
Ben Nowland, Mullumbimby
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