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If it's so safe then why...

Yesterday I had delivered a shiny new bottle of Roundup Pro Biactive 450. When my brother asked me why I use this one I started to explain all of the great weedkilling aspects as well as the fact that it isn't harmful to humans, animals, waterways etc etc. After a minute or so he then asked 'well if it's so safe, why do you need a certificate to be able to use it?' which to be honest I thought was a very good question.Any ideas why such stringent laws on a seemingly very safe product?Neil

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    #Legal restrictions near water courses ????????????????   !!!!!

  • Bees ?      have you got your Pa1 & Pa6 ??   or have you forgotten the training ...

  • i dont think its safe to drink either !   or use as shower gel !!   gloves <<<

  • mask ,  overalls ?    wellies

  • Haha, I realise that I'm not a plant (I think) but I'm sure that there are a lot more hazardous substances out there that I use on a daily basis. Take petrol for instance, there I am of a morning filling my petrol can whistling away with not a care in the world and then I just screw the lid on, pop it in the back of the van and off I go on my merry way (my days sound magical don't they!). The last time I checked, petrol is still a highly combustible gas/liquid, it's not too clever for the environment and im pretty sure that if a child ingested it they'd be quite ill.

    But to use this lethal product all I had to do was correctly answer a theory test question along the lines of...

    Car Safety and You

    Q: Where do you put petrol?

    Answer A: In your eye
    Answer B: In your car
    Answer C: in your nans Victoria sponge
  • Class!!

    Neil Bishop said:

    Haha, I realise that I'm not a plant (I think) but I'm sure that there are a lot more hazardous substances out there that I use on a daily basis. Take petrol for instance, there I am of a morning filling my petrol can whistling away with not a care in the world and then I just screw the lid on, pop it in the back of the van and off I go on my merry way (my days sound magical don't they!). The last time I checked, petrol is still a highly combustible gas/liquid, it's not too clever for the environment and im pretty sure that if a child ingested it they'd be quite ill.

    But to use this lethal product all I had to do was correctly answer a theory test question along the lines of...

    Car Safety and You

    Q: Where do you put petrol?

    Answer A: In your eye
    Answer B: In your car
    Answer C: in your nans Victoria sponge
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    dont forget the fact that there is a dose limmit you can apply and this product could become harmfull when this is exceeded overdoseing the area, and preventing the chemical from braking down to become inactive as the quantity is far to much so still leaves a residual trace.

    in you pa1/6 training you are shown how to work all this out to ensure the correct dose for that product and area is applied, were jo public thinks its ok to double the concentration or even not measure at all when appliying chemicals in there gardens, this would leed to masive overdoseing of the product and would possibley then turn a safe product into one which has a big impact on the surrounding enviroment.

  • hmm, i have been doing this malarky for many many years and have never yet had to liberally spray petrol around anybodies garden!!



    Neil Bishop said:

    Haha, I realise that I'm not a plant (I think) but I'm sure that there are a lot more hazardous substances out there that I use on a daily basis. Take petrol for instance, there I am of a morning filling my petrol can whistling away with not a care in the world and then I just screw the lid on, pop it in the back of the van and off I go on my merry way (my days sound magical don't they!). The last time I checked, petrol is still a highly combustible gas/liquid, it's not too clever for the environment and im pretty sure that if a child ingested it they'd be quite ill.

    But to use this lethal product all I had to do was correctly answer a theory test question along the lines of...

    Car Safety and You

    Q: Where do you put petrol?

    Answer A: In your eye
    Answer B: In your car
    Answer C: in your nans Victoria sponge
  • What kind of products do people buy to treat lawns? Is there a pro version of weed and feed?

    cheers

    Justin

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    http://www.beeologics.com/breaking_news.asp

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