Definitions for glyphosate
glyphosate

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1. glyphosatenoun

   A generic name for N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.

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1. Glyphosate

   Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses known to compete with commercial crops grown around the globe. It was discovered to be a herbicide by Monsanto chemist John E. Franz in 1970. Monsanto brought it to market in the 1970s under the trade name Roundup, and Monsanto's last commercially relevant United States patent expired in 2000. Glyphosate "more closely approximates to a perfect herbicide than any other." Glyphosate was quickly adopted by farmers, even more so when Monsanto introduced glyphosate-resistant crops, enabling farmers to kill weeds without killing their crops. In 2007 glyphosate was the most used herbicide in the United States agricultural sector, with 180 to 185 million pounds applied, and the second most used in home and garden market where users applied 5 to 8 million pounds; additionally industry, commerce and government applied 13 to 15 million pounds. With its heavy use in agriculture, weed resistance to glyphosate is a growing problem. While glyphosate has been approved by regulatory bodies worldwide and is widely used, concerns about its effects on humans and the environment persist.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glyphosate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glyphosate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of glyphosate in a Sentence

1. Piper Jaffray analyst Brett Wong:

   It makes sense for them to do that, to move away from glyphosate, they've been doing that internally for awhile. As resistance continues to grow with glyphosate the value of that product is likely going to decline.

2. Nathan Donley:

   Unfortunately American consumers cannot trust the EPA assessment of glyphosate's safety.

3. Chris Portier:

   I agree that this has the appearance of being a conflict of interest. However, in my opinion, for this to be a real conflict of interest, I would have to be working for the EDF on pesticide related issues and/or specifically on glyphosate related issues. I am not.

4. Charla Lord:

   Glyphosate-based herbicides, including Roundup-brand formulated products with surfactants, all have a long history of safe use and do not pose any unreasonable risk to human health when used according to label directions, the safety of each labeled use of a pesticide formulation must be evaluated and approved by regulatory authorities before it is authorized for sale.

5. Paul Mills:

   There is consensus, among non-industry scientists, that there is no safe level of exposure to glyphosate. That is, no level established that comes with no possible harm.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Glyphosate
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=glyphosate