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Common Weedkiller Ingredient Harms Gut Bacteria and Multiple Organs: Study Common Weedkiller Ingredient Harms Gut Bacteria and Multiple Organs: Study

The toxic chemical diquat, an ingredient used in place of glyphosate in weedkillers in the United States, has been found to cause multiple types of damage to organs and kill gut bacteria, according to new research. Diquat is sprayed extensively on orchards and vineyards, and its use has increased as controversial substances like paraquat and […]

Roundup Weedkiller Linked to Convulsions in Animals Roundup Weedkiller Linked to Convulsions in Animals

Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that found more than three quarters of urine samples tested from adults and children in the U.S. contained glyphosate, the herbicide used in Roundup weedkiller, a press release from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) said. A new FAU and Nova Southeastern University study has […]

Glyphosate Found in More than 80% of U.S. Urine Samples Glyphosate Found in More than 80% of U.S. Urine Samples

More than 80 percent of U.S. children and adults likely have glyphosate in their urine. That’s the “disturbing” result of a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which found the chemical in 1,885 of 2,310 urine samples of U.S. residents six and older. […]

Bayer Appeal to Dismiss Roundup Weedkiller Lawsuits Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court Bayer Appeal to Dismiss Roundup Weedkiller Lawsuits Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by German company Bayer AG to dismiss legal claims by customers who assert one of its products — glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller — causes cancer. The multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company could potentially owe billions of dollars in damages, reported Reuters. The decision by the Supreme Court meant […]

Court Rules EPA Failed to Fully Consider Glyphosate’s Risk to Humans and Wildlife Court Rules EPA Failed to Fully Consider Glyphosate’s Risk to Humans and Wildlife

A federal court ruled Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reconsider whether glyphosate — the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller — poses a health risk to humans and endangered species. Environmental groups had challenged the Trump administration’s 2020 interim registration for the chemical, which concluded that it did not cause cancer […]

Big Ag Furious as EPA Says Popular Herbicides Are Driving Species to Extinction Big Ag Furious as EPA Says Popular Herbicides Are Driving Species to Extinction

By Brett Wilkins As Big Ag fumed Monday over a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determination that herbicides including the endocrine-disrupting atrazine and carcinogenic glyphosate are likely to harm more than 1,600 protected plant and animal species, environmentalists pointed to the agency’s findings as proof of the need for stricter limits on the use of […]

Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, Including Roundup, From U.S. Home and Garden Market Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, Including Roundup, From U.S. Home and Garden Market

Bayer will no longer sell glyphosate-containing products to U.S. home gardeners, the company announced on Thursday. The move comes as the company currently faces around 30,000 legal claims from customers who believe use of these products — including the flagship Roundup — caused them to develop cancer, as AgWeb reported. “Bayer’s decision to end U.S. […]

Bayer Considers Ending Some U.S. Glyphosate Sales as Environmentalists Urge EPA to Enact Full Ban Bayer Considers Ending Some U.S. Glyphosate Sales as Environmentalists Urge EPA to Enact Full Ban

By Brett Wilkins After a federal judge rejected a $2 billion class-action proposal from Bayer to avert future lawsuits alleging its popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer, the pharmaceutical and chemical giant announced Thursday that it would consider ending sales of the glyphosate-based weedkiller for residential use in the United States. In a statement, Bayer said […]

EPA Admits to Faulty Glyphosate Review Under Trump but Still Won’t Take It off U.S. Market EPA Admits to Faulty Glyphosate Review Under Trump but Still Won’t Take It off U.S. Market

By Kenny Stancil The Center for Food Safety on Wednesday denounced the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for arguing that Roundup should remain on U.S. shelves for an undisclosed period of time even after admitting that the Trump-era review of glyphosate — the key ingredient found in Roundup, the world’s most widely used herbicide […]