herbicide
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After residents launched a social media campaign demanding Orange County stop spraying herbicide in creeks, officials said they will halt the practice in two waterways.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling thousands of cases linked to glyphosate since it acquired the US agrichemical group Monsanto in 2018, developer of the popular herbicide Roundup.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Bayer earlier this year proposed a $7.25 billion settlement to resolve claims that its flagship herbicide causes cancer, which the company denies, and is simultaneously pursuing a case before the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Perhaps best known as the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide, glyphosate is one of the most commonly used methods of handling weeds on farms and elsewhere.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
The herbicide 2,4-D has also produced tumorlike swellings in treated plants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing herbicide
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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