OGEvilgenius
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When glyphosate comes into contact with the soil, it can be rapidly bound to soil particles and be inactivated.[SUP][49][/SUP][SUP][45][/SUP] Unbound glyphosate can be degraded by bacteria.[SUP][50][/SUP]utter drivel
roundup has a half life of 30 days
it does not permanently kill the soil
In soils, half-lives vary from as little as three days at a site in Texas to 141 days at a site in Iowa.[SUP][49][/SUP] In addition, the glyphosate metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid has been found in Swedish forest soils up to two years after a glyphosate application.[SUP][51][/SUP] Glyphosate adsorption to soil varies depending on the kind of soil.[SUP][52][/SUP]
It has been suggested that glyphosate can harm the bacterial ecology of soil and cause micronutrient deficiencies in plants,[SUP][53][/SUP] including nitrogen-fixing bacteria,[SUP][54]
[/SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate