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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:57:59 -0500 (EST), donahuer@ols.net (Randy )
wrote:

>                 My question is. . . would it be safe to use clippings from
>those lawns that had been treated with say glyphophosphates? What length of
glyphosate, the active ingredient in many herbicides, usually mixed
with nasty surfactants and other things that persist long after
application
see:
http://www.ibiblio.org/intergarden/pesticide-education/faqs/roundup.faq
http://www.ibiblio.org/intergarden/pesticide-education/
and many other environmental sites like NCAMP, PANUPS, etc.

>time should I wait after they spray to use their yard debris? Please don't
>tell me three years or something like that. . . 
10 years Randy ....
:-)


Lawrence F. London, Jr. 
lflondon@mindspring.com    
london@metalab.unc.edu
http://www.ibiblio.org/london
http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture

From "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com> Sat Nov 18 00:11:11 
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From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Clever PC pre-columbians in Nature
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 00:14:53 -0500
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:48:17 -0800, "John Schinnerer"
<johns@eco-living.net> wrote:

>There was an article in the NY times a few days ago, referring to a recent
>article in the journal Nature, which presented some theories on rather
>PC-like land use in South America, pre-Columbus.  Basically, there is
>physical evidence (earthworks) in the landscape that seasonal wet/dry
>savannah areas supported much larger populations than we "contemporary"
>types would think possible.  The inhabitants apparently built large ponds
>and canal networks to retain wet-season flood water and fish through the
>dry season, with palms planted along the canals and most likely fish weirs
>in them...haven't seen the full article but it sounds like interesting
>reading!

Fascinating. Is there a URL at the NYT website where we can read the
article in full?

Lawrence F. London, Jr. 
lflondon@mindspring.com    
london@metalab.unc.edu
http://www.ibiblio.org/london
http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture