The New York Times | By Reuters – Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um
Many local farmers groups have been staging protests opposing the ban, saying that the lack of inexpensive substitutes would harm their livelihood.
Slate | By Ted Williams
All scientific bodies that have seriously studied glyphosate report no link to cancer.
The New York Times | By Patricia Cohen
Glyphosate is already the most widely used agricultural chemical in history, and farmers will continue to depend on Roundup, investors reason, especially as a growing population increases the demand for food.
Science Magazine | By Erik Stokstad
“Total fear and shock.” That’s how Andrew Kniss, a weed scientist at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, describes the reaction of farmers to recent courtroom defeats suffered by a leading manufacturer of glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide.
Capital Press | By Ben Scholz
The reality is that glyphosate, the active ingredient in many herbicide brands, including Roundup herbicide, is one of the most effective tools to combat weeds prior to planting or after wheat is harvested.
Bloomberg | By Lydia Mulvany
While the world’s No. 1 weedkiller has been losing in court of late, it’s still the big winner in the agricultural world. No matter what happens with the 11,000-plus lawsuits plaintiffs have filed alleging the chemical in Roundup caused them cancer, farmers around the world are still going to keep using it, said Christopher Perrella, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
Wall Street Journal | By Jacob Bunge
Farmers are standing by Bayer AG’s BAYRY -2.56% Roundup herbicide despite rulings from two juries that the world’s most widely used weedkiller caused cancer in plaintiffs. The chemical, used on the vast majority of corn, soybean and cotton acres planted in the U.S., remains prized by farmers for its low cost and effectiveness.
Forbes | By Jenny Splitter
Is there weed killer in wine and beer? That question was posed by multiple headlines this week after testing conducted by a consumer advocacy group revealed traces of glyphosate in almost twenty brands of booze, including one that was labeled organic.
Bloomberg | By Adam Allington
The threat to public lands posed by invasive plant species is increasing by about ten million acres each year, and conservationists fear they will lose their best tool to combat it.