Roundup

Tractor spraying glyphosate

Bayer faces billion-dollar losses related to legal claims of deadly Roundup herbicide

Health & Medicine

Monsanto, makers of the widely used herbicide Roundup, faces claims of consumer deception, costing its new parent company, Bayer, more than $20 billion in lost market value.

Monsanto protest

Protests and cancer concerns raise doubts for Roundup’s future in Europe

Health
Allen Leonard, research associate with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, uses a custom spray rig to apply herbicide to Roundup Ready alfalfa test plots.

Weed-killing sprays may also be killing our ability to fight bacteria

Science
Terragator

EPA approves a new herbicide for GMO crops and lawsuits follow

Health

French study raises questions about health effects of genetically modified corn

Environment

Fighting GM foods, and the weeds they cause

Use of genetically modified crops and the weedkiller Roundup have given rise to new, pesticide-resistant “superweeds.” The Center for Food Safety is trying to stop the GM crops before they spread.

Lead – The Washington Roundup