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[–] Butler_crosley 2 points (+2|-0)

Glyphosate will still be available to homeowners, just not under the Roundup name. Patent expired over 15 years ago and there are numerous generics available. They'll probably have a "new Roundup" formulation containing diquat, dicamba, and fluazifop (I think they already have that formulation available to homeowners). Congratulations anti-glyphosate idiots, y'all just unleashed dicamba (which is much worse than glyphosate) on a larger scale.

[–] ScorpioGlitch 0 points (+0|-0)

Exactly this. People not reading the labels and taking the safety precautions it has always plainly said you should take, using it like a sledgehammer instead of like a scalpel and wondering "Why do we find it in everything everywhere???", and so on.

You can't even stock up on it for long term shelf storage. It begins to lose effectiveness within a year of putting it on your shelf. Sure, it'll work but after a year it takes something like a week to do its job.

The article says they're going to pull it in January 2023. You could probably buy about 2 years worth of the stuff (the current year and the next summer) before having to worry about it. But I'll be honest, I've seen how the alternatives work and they mostly don't. You have to spray like twice the amount the label says to see reasonable results. In some cases, you have to buy the concentrated versions and not dilute it at all to get it to work.

To all you stupid idiots, I'll toast to you tonight before bed.