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I believe Roundup is supposed to break down quickly and essential a salt....


> From: Karen <karen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Drinking out of a Water tank Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 
> 11:50:10 -0700
>
> One place that I definitely don't let my horses drink from puddles from is 
> the local fairgrounds.  They regularly spray Roundup and other chemicals on 
> the grounds including the parking areas and I don't trust that the water is 
> going to be safe and clean.  I have been on rides where farmers have told 
> us not to let our horses drink because the fields were just recently 
> sprayed and the runoff is toxic to livestock. (nice to know we're eating 
> food produced in those fields, eh?)   So, unless I know that the puddle is 
> safe (away from where a human could have done something to it) I am very 
> careful about where they drink.  I won't even let them drink from puddles 
> up and down my street because I know that Roundup is sprayed frequently to 
> get the puncture vines and other weeds.
>
> I've also learned to be very careful about where I let my horses graze at 
> during rides.  I know of one horse that went to a clinic and it turned out 
> to have fiddleneck poisoning.  The horse ate it while grazing on grass at 
> the ride.
>
> Karen
> in NV
>
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