Glyphosate Glyphosate is one of the most widely used and effective herbicides (to kill weeds) used in the world today. Download to Learn More Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Advanced Plant Breeding Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Dairy Cows Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Animal Breeding Agriculture and Land Use Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Crop Rotation Carbon Sequestration Protein and Nutrition Food Safety Food Waste Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Dairy in Your Diet Milk Pasteurization Gluten Food Additives GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health History of Plant Breeding Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Food Security Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Best Food Facts Canola Council of Canada CropLife Canada Environment and Climate Change Canada The Food Dialogues Footnotes Health Canada. (June 17, 2015). “Food Safety – Proposed Re-evaluation Decision PRVD2015-01, Glyphosate.” Fred Fishel, University of Missouri Extension. (February 2003). “Pesticides and the Environment.” International Agency for Research on Cancer (World Health Organization). (2015). “IARC Monograph Evaluation of Glyphosate.” Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs. (September 12, 2016). Glyphosate Issue Paper: Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential. Ibid. References Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs. (September 12, 2016). Glyphosate Issue Paper: Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential. Extension Toxicology Network (EXTOXNET). (May, 1994). “Glyphosate.” Fishel, Fred, University of Missouri Extension. (February 2003). “Pesticides and the Environment.” Health Canada. (June 17, 2015). “Food Safety – Proposed Re-evaluation Decision PRVD2015-01, Glyphosate.” International Agency for Research on Cancer (World Health Organization). (2015). “IARC Monograph Evaluation of Glyphosate.” Photo Credits "Canola crop with dying wild oats after being sprayed with glyphosate", Page 1 – Shanna Schroeder Farmer standing beside sprayer, Page 1 – Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan Tags environment plants pesticides glyphosate herbicides weeds GMO genetically engineered genetic engineering and human health roundup soil science research chemical water genetics health inputs technology conventional