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discussed the council’s reduction in glyphosate used to kill weeds and biodiversity plan for next year. She said: “I’ve done my research and worked out what other councils are doing about their weed ...
A comprehensive carcinogenicity study on the world's most used herbicide, glyphosate, involving scientists from Europe and the U.S., has found that low doses of the controversial weed killer cause ...
Gardeners across Britain are turning to their kitchen cupboards for an ingenious solution to persistent weed problems. In ...
Farmers could be losing up to 30% efficacy of glyphosate in hard water areas, thereby increasing the risk of grassweed ...
Cllr Justin Thompson claims headstone foundations have been weakened causing some to tilt or fall :: Redcar and Cleveland ...
Glyphosate was found in tampons in one of the boxes, at 0.004 mg/kg. The UK and EU maximum residue level for drinking water is 0.0001 mg/kg, making this 40 times higher than permitted levels of ...
Announcing its new strategy in April, the council said it “acknowledged” the public debate surrounding pesticide use and biodiversity and that its new policy reflected Henley’s “commitment to ...
Spray rate First, Roger recommends using a sufficient spray rate that reflects the hardest-to-kill weed in the spectrum and those at more advanced growth stages.
Italian ryegrass is the only weed with suspect populations in the UK. Extensive testing of black-grass and a 2023 survey of 166 brome samples found no populations with glyphosate resistance.
Weed science consultant John Cussans, who identified and confirmed the Kent case, said the resistant species is unlikely to spread because herbicide glyphosate resistance was probably caused by ...
A glyphosate-resistant weed has been found in the UK for the first time in what comes as another headache for British farmers. Glyphosate is the most effective herbicide for clearing vegetation ...
Weed resistant to key herbicide glyphosate found in UK for first time Scientists have now confirmed that the widely-used weed killer was not effective on Italian ryegrass found in multiple fields ...