The tenants at the Spencer View apartments will have to wait a little bit longer to solve their weedkiller problem.

Last week, Gus Lim and the UO Housing Department announced that while they had found a suitable herbicide to replace Round Up that met all their criteria — easy on the budget, effective, and safe — they recently uncovered that its manufacturer had stopped producing it. Now it’s back to the drawing board.

Parents demanded a switch from the Monsanto pesticide in May after discovering groundskeepers had been using it at the University-owned complex. And rather than shoehorning a lesser herbicide in, Lim and the Department will instead go back to the drawing board and return in 30-60 days. Tenants at Spencer View are willing to wait.

“I’m just happy that there’s transparency and they’re not using Round Up,” says Abby Rius, a resident. “As long as the right product is used they can take as long as they need.

Stemming from the pesticide’s chief ingredient — glyphosate — the young parents feared their young children may accidentally come in contact with its harmful chemicals while playing outside. Parents there became aware of widespread use of the pesticide, which is currently under a lengthy investigation from the EPA, back in April after a groundskeeper warned Katie Cave, a resident there, to ensure her young daughter doesn’t accidentally swallow some of the dirt she had just played in.