Posted by GeneMO on June 24, 2016 at 07:39:08 from (71.51.203.52):
In Reply to: Round up and 2-4 d posted by Geo-TH,In on June 23, 2016 at 12:10:31:
I guess I am not a "poster child" for herbicide safety.
I had total kidney failure in 1990. I suspicioned herbicides as I always did our spraying, and we were farming quite a bit in the 70's and 80's. Most of the spraying was done on our open station tractor. I tried to be careful, but some days I would come in stained yellow from incorporating treflan.
We also were in on the beginning of the no till movement, and I remember using Paraquat in our burn down mixture for many years, starting in 1979.
Doctors said my kidney disease was most likely caused by a strep infection, but heavy metals like lead and mercury could also cause the same disease. At that time I was doing a lot of bullet casting for my reloading hobby. ???
Who knows. Just do the best you can at playing it safe.
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