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The moral firewall around Kennedy is illustrated by the case of glyphosate, an herbicide so singularly reviled by MAHA that, on social media, Ryerson goes by the Glyphosate Girl.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Luckily herbicides are available to spray over the top and around many desirable garden plantings.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Those plans were part of a years-long effort to study the effectiveness of using herbicides to control hydrilla.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
The second option is spraying with a post-emergent herbicide.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Luckily herbicides are available to spray over the top and around many desirable garden plantings.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Those plans were part of a years-long effort to study the effectiveness of using herbicides to control hydrilla.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
The second option is spraying with a post-emergent herbicide.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Herbicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herbicide. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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herbicide
noun
her·bi·cide
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌsīd 
: a chemical substance used to destroy or stop plant growth
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