In article , "Andy
Dingley" says...
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:09:30 -0000, "Mike" wrote:

DEFRA lists it [glyphosate] as a controlled substance

Used to be, it's a lot more easily available these days (Roundup)

Dangerous stuff. There's a lot of surfactant in that bottle and if you
were to drink it, it's the _surfactant_ that's the dangerous part.
Unless you're a member of the vegetable kingdom (so IMM had better be
careful), then it's really pretty safe.

OTOH I saw a tub of labelled "paraquat antidote" last week - fuller's
earth ! If that's the best "antidote" they can offer, then you're
pretty screwed. It's a less reassuring treatment than even calcium
gluconate gel.


So in an emergency, if you did knock back a cup of paraquat, you
should get stuck into a nice bowl of kitty litter?