Glyphosate exposure risk cutting trees?

[Fordiesel69]

I need to cut down and process 3 dead ash trees which I was planning to do soon. Unfortunately the power company contracted out a company that just sprayed the vegitation around these trees with a commercial weed killer. I can only imagine it is glyphosate based. It was in a white 2.5 gallon container and they mixed it into some kind of backpack tank thing with a battery and a wand.

How long should I wait before I cut and harvest these trees?

 

[walterjay]

I would wait a month and hopefully it will rain a couple times

 

[Fordiesel69]

I was thinking the same unfortunately.

 

[Rand]

a couple days
certainly a few weeks is long enough.

I wouldnt roll around in it naked fresh from the shower.. but for cutting a few trees.. no issues.

 

[benjamming]

Most consumer Roundup is no longer glyphosate
What do global regulatory and research agencies conclude about the health impact of glyphosate?

 

[User_19876]

Triclopyr is more common on a utility right of way. They would want a chemical that will kill shrubs, scrub trees, saplings, woody vegetation, etc.

 

[dnewton3]

Really doesn't matter what chemical they use; give it a few days and the risks are minimal to non-existent. Once applied and dried, the exposure concerns are ultra-minimal.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Once it's dry you're fine

 

[doitmyself]

Off topic - the college students I converse with have shifted concern to PFAS and micro plastics in their bodies overshadowing other toxic concerns.

 

[spasm3]

Off topic - the college students I converse with have shifted concern to PFAS and micro plastics in their bodies overshadowing other toxic concerns.

But do they have tattoos ?

 

[tom slick]

You are at zero risk right now

 

[BrianF]

I was told just a few days after application.