Insights and Stories on Glyphosate

EU chemical agency says glyphosate not carcinogenic

Mar. 15, 2017 at 1:28 pm CDT

Helsinki | Reuters — Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, should not be classified as a substance causing cancer, the European Chemical Agency concluded on Wednesday, potentially paving the way for its licence renewal in the EU. A transatlantic row over possible risks to human health has prompted […]

Monsanto ghostwrote Roundup studies, plaintiffs in U.S. suit say

Mar. 14, 2017 at 11:45 pm CDT

By Brendan Pierson

Minnesota probes Palmer amaranth’s sudden appearance

Feb. 8, 2017 at 3:36 pm CST

By Renita D. Young

WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold glyphosate documents

Oct. 26, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Kate Kelland

U.S. EPA says glyphosate likely not carcinogenic

Sep. 16, 2016 at 5:05 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Five tips for Keeping it Clean from Cereals Canada

Aug. 5, 2016 at 4:16 pm CDT

Stick to the pre-harvest interval. The spray to swath interval is the number of days that must pass between the last application of a pesticide and swathing or straight combining.

By Cereals Canada

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

Jun. 29, 2016 at 2:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is in talks with Bayer and other companies regarding “alternative strategic options,” a month after it rejected the German company’s US$62 billion takeover offer, the U.S. seed producer said on Wednesday. Monsanto’s options include combinations with other companies and businesses in the sector beyond Bayer. […]

By Karl Plume

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

Jun. 28, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission is extending by 18 months its approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Tuesday. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute between EU and U.S. politicians, regulators […]

By Reuters

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

Jun. 25, 2016 at 1:02 am CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto’s Roundup and similar herbicides to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week. With most EU attention focused on Britain’s shock decision to quit the […]

By Alissa de Carbonnel

EU countries refuse to back new licence for glyphosate

Jun. 6, 2016 at 4:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — EU nations refused to back a limited extension of the herbicide glyphosate’s use on Monday, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto’s Roundup and other weed-killers from shelves if no decision is reached by the end of the month. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into […]