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glyphosate

American  
[glahy-fos-eyt] / glaɪˈfɒs eɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.


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Since then, he and roughly 170,000 other users have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and related cancers associated with extended exposure to glyphosate, Roundup’s key ingredient and a probable carcinogen.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

“For the more than three decades since, EPA has repeatedly re-evaluated glyphosate and has repeatedly concluded that glyphosate is not likely to cause cancer,” Justice Kavanaugh writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The Environmental Protection Agency stated in 2017 that glyphosate is “not likely” to cause cancer.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

A Missouri man had sued, claiming a chemical in Roundup called glyphosate caused his cancer, and won $1.25 million in court.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Every one of them displayed at least some resistance to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides, despite the fact that these chemicals had never been applied within the reserve itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

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