I've already posted that link.
And the half-life information is nebulous, to say the least.
What happens to 2,4-D in the environment?
2,4-D goes through different changes in the environment depending on its form. Most of the time, 2,4-D breaks down in soil so that half of the original amount is gone in 1-14 days. This breakdown time is called the "half-life" of the pesticide. One form of 2,4-D, the butoxyethyl ester, had a much longer half-life in aquatic sediment of 186 days.
2,4-D is broken down by bacteria in water and in soil. Water alone can also break down 2,4-D. 2,4-D has been found at low levels in shallow groundwater and streams in both rural and urban areas
If this were completely accurate and true, then why are my gourd leaves and the paulownia sprout showing 24D damage when neither had direct leaf contact with, and supposedly that is the intended method of delivering the chemical to the plant, the actual chemical spray that fell from the sky?
Another question no one has been able to answer is, How long does the synthetic auxin stay in the plant/tree?
I've read, and been told, that it "metabolizes quickly."
If that's the case, then how was the DoA inspector able to get a definite confirmation of 24D from the leaf samples he collected nearly three weeks after the spraying? (Correction: it was four weeks after spraying)
And, why is there 24D in forest leaf litter
3 years after initial contact?
