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Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally
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Environmental Sciences Europevolume 28, Article number: 3 (2016) Cite this article
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Background
Accurate pesticide use data are essential when studying the environmental and public health impacts of pesticide use. Since the mid-1990s, significant changes have occurred in when and how glyphosate herbicides are applied, and there has been a dramatic increase in the total volume applied.
Methods
Data on glyphosate applications were collected from multiple sources and integrated into a dataset spanning agricultural, non-agricultural, and total glyphosate use from 1974–2014 in the United States, and from 1994–2014 globally.
Results
Since 1974 in the U.S., over 1.6 billion kilograms of glyphosate active ingredient have been applied, or 19 % of estimated global use of glyphosate (8.6 billion kilograms). Globally, glyphosate use has risen almost 15-fold since so-called “Roundup Ready,” genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant crops were introduced in 1996. Two-thirds of the total volume of glyphosate applied in the U.S. from 1974 to 2014 has been sprayed in just the last 10 years. The corresponding
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Cold Feet before buying "Bio" Meat?
On Tuesday after a crisis meeting with ecological food processors and organic farming organisations, German Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, Renate Künast admitted that the news was much worse than earlier thought.
Künast now believes that an additional 450 tonnes of poultry meal contaminated by the cancer-causing herbicide nitrofen could have been sold, possibly knowingly, by feed producers.
Earlier on Monday authorities confirmed that about 100 tonnes of tainted feed wheat containing the banned nitrofen from a co-operative in the east German state of Brandenburg may have been delivered to about 120 ecological chicken farms.
Renate Künast on Tuesday accused the food producers involved of "being swayed by criminal energy" and "risking human life".
Intense investigations after embarrassing slip-ups
The Federal Agricultural Ministry is investigating allegations that food processors had found that meat and eggs had tested positive for nitrofen, but failed to inform authorities.
Renate Künast has promised a comprehensive investigation of how the cancer-causing chemical entered the food chain. Until now investigations had only involved organic animal feed, but now the minister said the investig
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