Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally
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...2016), massive fertiliser and pesticide inputs associated with GM corn and soy have been linked to displacement, infertility, birth defects, increased cancer rates and other health and environmental problems in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and the United States (Serrano 2018; Lapegna 2014; Otero and Lapegna 2016; Motta 2016; Leguizam on 2016; C aceres 2015; Alain 2017; Davies 2018; Murphy 2013; Benbrook 2016)....
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...While the relationships between the use of genetically engineered seeds and pesticides can vary by seed-type (e.g. Perry et al. 2016), massive fertiliser and pesticide inputs associated with GM corn and soy have been linked to displacement, infertility, birth defects, increased cancer rates and other health and environmental problems in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and the United States (Serrano 2018; Lapegna 2014; Otero and Lapegna 2016; Motta 2016; Leguizam on 2016; C aceres 2015; Alain 2017; Davies 2018; Murphy 2013; Benbrook 2016)....
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...…infertility, birth defects, increased cancer rates and other health and environmental problems in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and the United States (Serrano 2018; Lapegna 2014; Otero and Lapegna 2016; Motta 2016; Leguizam on 2016; C aceres 2015; Alain 2017; Davies 2018; Murphy 2013; Benbrook 2016)....
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...Two-thirds of the total volume of glyphosate has been sprayed in the recent decades (9)....
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...Glyphosate is widely used in agriculture (9)....
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...It is a broad spectrum and not selective herbicide used since 1974 for weed control in agricultural fields (Benbrook 2016)....
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...John Franz, identified the herbicidal activity of glyphosate in 1970, and a formulated end-use product called Roundup was first sold commercially by Monsanto in 1974 [2]....
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