The letter reads in part: “The main ingredient in Rodeo (glyphosate) has a demonstrated toxicity to aquatic wildlife. Frogs and amphibians are particularly vulnerable due to the high permeability of their skin.” Click on this Environmental Headline for more of this story from the Haddams-Killingworth Patch.

According to the EPA, “Glyphosate has the potential to cause…kidney damage, reproductive effects” AND the “EPA has found glyphosate to potentially cause… congestion of the lungs; increased breathing rate.”

One East Haddam resident isn’t as convinced about the safety of the herbicide particularly since it includes a surfactant. The resident cited the research of Rick A. Relyea, of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, who found that “many common surfactants are lethal to fish and frogs.”