Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally
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...After an exhaustive review, however, glyphosate was classified in 2015 as a ‘‘probable human carcinogen’’ by the International Agency for Research on Cancer [6], based on increased prevalence of rare liver and kidney tumors in chronic animal feeding studies, epidemiological studies which reported positive associations with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and strong mechanistic evidence of genotoxicity as well as ability to trigger oxidative stress [7]....
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...Source: EPA 2015a In the other study, groups of CD-1 mice (50/sex/group) received glyphosate (≥97.5% purity) from the diet at 0, 100, 300, or 1,000 mg/kg/day for 104 weeks (EPA 2015c)....
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...It has been estimated that genetically engineered glyphosate- tolerant crops now account for about 56 % of its global usage (Benbrook 2016)....
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...Companies Manufacturing Products Under Pesticide Code 417300 (Glyphosate) Company Address City, State, Zip Code Agromarketing Co., Inc. 133 Mavety Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P Glysorttech, LLC 281 Hampshire Drive Plansboro, New Jersey 08536 Liberty Crop Protection, LLC 4850 Hahns Peak Drive, Suite 200 Loveland, Colorado 80538 Gly-Peak, LLC 224 South Bell Avenue Ames, Iowa 60010 Tundra Agroindustrial, Ltd. P.O. Box 10 Lemars, Iowa 51031 Argustoli H.C., LLC 10191 Park Run Drive, Suite 110 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 Genmerica NA LLC P.O. Box 1603 Cheyenne, Wyoming Gruhn Mill Crop Solutions, LLC 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, Washington 98104 Source: NPIRS 2017...
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...Glyphosate AI (Pounds) Usage Trends from 1990 to 2014 Crop 1990 Active ingredient (pounds) 2014 Active ingredient (pounds) % Increase Soybean 2,663,000 122,473,987 4,499.10% Corn 880,066 68,949,452 7,734.58% Cotton 192,429 17,421,787 8,953.62% Wheat (winter) 331,758 12,353,488 3,623.64% Alfalfa 381,525 8,853,600 2,220.58% Sorghum 236,305 4,178,573 1,668.30% Sugar beets 36,130 2,763,075 7,547.59% Canola 0 219,392 NA Wheat (spring) 75,308 1,201,807 1,495.86% Barley 13,1568 1,064,160 708.83% Other cops 1,897,522 4,526,043 138.52% Total 7,683,070 249,906,307 3,152.69% Non-Agricultural Use 5,300,000 26,519,000 400.36% Source: Benbrook 2016 The EPA recently granted the registration of a new herbicide named Enlist Duo™ containing 2,4-...
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...%) aSignificant trend (p=0.00296) for increasing incidence of hemangiosarcoma Source: EPA 2015c Additional studies were conducted evaluating the potential carcinogenicity and pathogenic role of glyphosate or glyphosate formulation in cancer, specifically multiple myeloma....
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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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