Originally Posted by
solwisesteve
Not to be seen rushing to the defence of glysophate, but the issue isn't really with the home user spraying some weeds on their driveway, it's the farmers that spray whole fields to either kill weeds or immature wheat. For example, a couple of weeks before harvesting a farmer will spray his field of wheat to kill off any immature sprouts. If these are left in then it can taint the crop. It's this mass spraying which is the current source of contention. A litre of dilute on a driveway is immaterial compared to a thousand gallons on a 20 acre field!