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People in Bristol have complained their city stinks of vinegar after the council used it as an alternative to chemical weed killers.

Harriet Williams of Pesticide Safe Bristol Alliance said 鈥淭he spraying of toxic weed killers has got to stop, most people don鈥檛 even realise they are being sprayed in public places.鈥�

鈥淗owever, most cities that have achieved safer weed control don鈥檛 just rely on one thing, it seems perverse they have chosen vinegar instead of other proven technologies.鈥�

Bristol Council said the weed treatments had been implemented 鈥渋n response to widespread public concern about the use of Glyphosate as a weed killer鈥�. They were 鈥渟orry to hear鈥� residents were concerned about the use of vinegar and would 鈥渕onitor feedback throughout the trial鈥�.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 25 April 2016