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Glyphosate

Updated April 2020

General Information

• Fact Sheet: bp-fact-glyosphate.082017.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)
  Cornerstone (Winfield)
  Rodeo (Monsanto)

• Chemical Class: Phosphanoglycine herbicide
• Uses: Non selective herbicide, or at low rates a plant growth regulator
• Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Organic land managment
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Yes (3, 6, 70)
• Endocrine Disruption: Yes (7)
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (13, 8)
• Neurotoxicity: Yes (74)
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (7)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
• Birth/Developmental: Yes (75)
• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (78)
• Potential Leacher: Not documented
• Toxic to Birds: Yes (73)
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (4)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (76, 77)

Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database

• Dandelions
• Annual Bluegrass
• Clover
• Ground Ivy
• Japanese Knotweed
• Chickweed

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • Beyond Pesticides' Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments for Glyphosate comments (04/2018)
  • Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments for Glyphosate (2017)
  • Revised Glyphosate Issue Paper: Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential (2017)
  • Beyond Pesticides' Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Potential comments (10/2016)
  • Glyphosate Listed Effective July 7, 2017, as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer (OEHHA, 2017)
  • Beyond Pesticides' Notice of Intent to List (California) comments (10/2015)
  • Beyond Pesticides' Enlist Duo registration comments (12/2016)
  • EPA Meeting Materials for the December 13-16, 2016 Scientific Advisory Panel on the Carcinogenic Potential of Glyphosate.
  • Registration of Enlist Duo (EPA, 2014)
  • FInal work plan for Glyphosate Registration review (2009)
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (9/1993)
• Supporting information:
  • Daily News Blog
  • Report- Glyphosate: Unsafe on Any Plate
  • Beyond Pesticides' letter to EPA  calling for residue testing (12/2015)
  • Agricultural Uses of Antibiotics Escalate Bacterial Resistance (Pesticides and You, Winter 2016-2017)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • EPA Technical Factsheet
• Studies:
  • Exposure to Glyphosate-Based Herbicides and Risk for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Meta-Analysis and Supporting Evidence. Zhang, L., Rana, I., Taioli, E., Shaffer, R.M. and Sheppard, L., 2019. Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research.
  • Multiomics reveal non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in rats following chronic exposure to an ultra-low dose of Roundup herbicide. Mesnage, R, Renney, G, Seralini, GE, et al. 2017. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 39328 
  • Glyphosate pathways to modern diseases V: Amino acid analogue of glycine in diverse proteins. Samsel, A, Seneff, S. 2016. J Biological Physics and Chemistry.16:9-46
  • IARC Classification of Glyphosate as a "probable" carcinogen (2015).
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  • Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure. Mesnage, R, Arno, M, Contanzo, M et al., 2015. Environmental Health 14:70.
  • Glyphosate Formulations Induce Apoptosis and Necrosis in Human Umbilical, Embryonic, and Placental Cells. Benachour, et al. 2009. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 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
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