Updates from the Daily News Blog

Environmental Impact Statement Delays New Monsanto and Dow 2,4-D Resistant Crops
May 14, 2013

Review Highlights Dangerous Health Effects of Glyphosate
May 9, 2013

Biotech Rider Undermines U.S. Food Security
April 2, 2013

Activists File Petition to Stop Pesticide Spraying in D.C.-Area National Park
March 15, 2013

Delaware Students Outraged at Negligent Pesticide Policies
October 19, 2012

Increased Pesticide Use and Resistant Weeds -The Troubling Legacy of GE Crops
October 3, 2012

Despite IPM Law, New York City Applied Roundup to Public Spaces Nearly 500 Times in 2011
September 25, 2012

Controversial New Study Reports GM Corn Can Cause Cancer
September 21, 2012

School District in MA Found Not in Compliance with State IPM Law
August 14, 2012

USDA Gives Final Approval to GE Sugar Beets
July 26, 2012

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Glyphosate

General Information

• Fact Sheet: Glyphosate.pdf
• Product Names:
  Roundup (Monnsanto)
  Polado (Monsanto)
  Accord (Monsanto)
  Clearout (Albaugh)
  Departure (Syngenta)
  Extreme (BASF) formulated with Imazethapyr
  Backdraft (BASF) formulated with Imazaquin
  Rage (FMC) formulated with Carentrazone-ethyl
  Ortho Season-Long Grass & Weed Killer (Scotts)
  Knockout (Libertas)
  Cornersotne (Winfield)

• Chemical Class: Phosphanoglycine herbicide
• Uses: Non selective herbicide, or at low rates a plant growth regulator
• Alternatives: Agriculture, ornamentals/lawns
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Yes (6)
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (13, 8)
• Neurotoxicity: Yes (7)
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (7)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
• Birth/Developmental Not documented
• Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
• Potential Leacher: Not documented
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (4)
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (9/1993)
• Supporting information:
  • Daily News Blog entries (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Asthma, Children and Pesticides (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Children & Lawn Chemicals Don't Mix (Beyond Pesticides)
  • GMO Factsheet (Beyond Pesticides)
  • NCAP Glyphosate Factsheet (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
  • Extoxnet Glyphosate Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
  • PAN Pesticides Database:Glyphosate (Pesticide Action Network)
  • Scorecard Glyphosate Factsheet (Environmental Defense Fund)
  • PAN UK Glyphosate Factsheet (Pesticide Action Network UK)
  • CHEJ Glyphosate Factsheet (Children's Health Environmental Coalition)
• Studies:
  • Glyphosate Formulations Induce Apoptosis and Necrosis in Human Umbilical, Embryonic, and Placental Cells. Benachour, et al. Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2009, 22 (1), pp 97–105.
  • Do Pesticides Affect Learning Behavior? The neuro-endocrine-immune connection. Porter, Warren. 2004. Pesticides and You (Beyond Pesticides)
  • A Case–Control Study of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Exposure to Pesticides Journal of the American Cancer Society, 1999.
  • Glyphosate formulations induce apoptosis and necrosis in human umbilical, embryonic, and placental cells. Benachour N, Séralini GE. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2009 Jan;22(1):97-105
  • Top 15 Farmworker Poison