Definition of glyphosate
: a systemic organophosphate herbicide C3H8NO5P used to control herbaceous and woody weeds especially on croplands
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California already considers the Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, to be a carcinogen, as does the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer.
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Cancer experts disagree, often strongly, on whether either talc or glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, causes cancer in people.
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Dewayne Johnson used Roundup during his two years as a groundskeeper and blames his 2014 cancer diagnosis on its active ingredient, glyphosate.
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There is conflicted evidence linking glyphosate and cancer.
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The ingredient in question is glyphosate, which California added to a list of chemicals known to cause cancer just last year.
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The company estimates that its seeds, engineered to resist glyphosate as well as dicamba, will be planted on 40 million acres nationwide this year.
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Citywide use of glyphosate has decreased by about 85% since the 2013-14 fiscal year, according to staff, and has been replaced with organic materials and increased use of mulch to prevent weeds from sprouting in planters and tree wells.
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Herbicide resistance can work in many different ways; take glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), or pigweed, for example.
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