MASSACHUSETTS PLANS TO LIFT BAN ON ROADSIDE HERBICIDES

The highway department in Massachusetts sited the expense of manual weed control and the danger posed to workers on high-speed roads as reasons to lift their 5-year ban on roadside herbicide applications. Cost savings of chemical control are estimated at $50,000 to $60,000 over manual weeding, according to a department spokesperson. (Chemically Speaking, University of Florida Extension, July, 2003).