Definition of glyphosate
: a systemic organophosphate herbicide C3H8NO5P used to control herbaceous and woody weeds especially on croplands
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The levels of glyphosate also spiked by 1208% during that time.
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Herbicides such as glyphosate (Roundup®) kill off the leaves but the vine springs right back.
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Two agencies, the European Food Safety Authority and the European Chemicals Agency, have signed off on the safety of glyphosate.
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Before the end of the 1990s, corn able to resist weed-killing chemical glufosinate or Monsanto's glyphosate hit the market.
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Almost all of them were genetically modified by bioengineers, inserting strands of DNA that make the plants able to withstand a range of herbicides, particularly the compound glyphosate.
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Whether or not trace amounts of glyphosate are harmful to humans is a subject of intense debate.
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The documents also show that a debate outside Monsanto about the relative safety of glyphosate and Roundup, which contains other chemicals, was also taking place within the company.
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Glendale Unified officials also announced that month that the district would stop using any weed-killing product that contains glyphosate.
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