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On 25 Oct, 23:19, Tim Streater wrote:
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Jim K wrote:

On 25 Oct, 19:44, Tim Streater wrote:


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Not quite sure why you're mentioning chlorophyl


erm...because it doesn;t work on things that aren;t green and plant
like - i.e. have chlorophyl in - maybe?


Coincidental, I'd say. According to wot I read in WikiPedia, glyphosate
interferes with a particular chemical pathway that plants use to
synthesise certain amino acids. Animals use a different pathway which is
why it works on plants and not animals.


So in summary:-

Glyphosate kills plants.
Plants use chlorophyl to grow.

ergo:-
Glyphosate kills things with chlorophyl in them.

simples!

hang on - that's what I said in the 1st place wasn't it???

Jim K