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Uncle Joe

(65,364 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:00 PM 8 hrs ago

"We Are Bombarding America's Forests with Roundup": Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide Despite Risks

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether thousands of cancer patients can keep suing the manufacturers of the popular weed killer glyphosate, known as Roundup. Critics of Roundup have long alleged a link between the herbicide and cancer. It was developed by Monsanto, which was bought by Bayer in 2018.

Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting recently released a major investigation by Nate Halverson that looks at how the U.S. Forest Service has been rapidly expanding its use of Roundup despite concerns about its safety. "The majority of glyphosate is still used in agriculture, but … we were able to show that the fastest-growing use is actually now for forestry," says Halverson.

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"We Are Bombarding America's Forests with Roundup": Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide Despite Risks (Original Post) Uncle Joe 8 hrs ago OP

If true, this is tragedy... peacebuzzard 8 hrs ago #1

How fitting from Agent Orange underpants 8 hrs ago #2

Christ, it is springtime and people are spraying this shit everywhere around here. Midnight Writer 8 hrs ago #3

peacebuzzard

(5,887 posts)

1. If true, this is tragedy...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:07 PM

8 hrs ago

Why? Leave the forests alone; here is the saying I have heard that pops up :
------ everything this idiot touches dies. Good Lord, in this scenario it is true again.

underpants

(196,946 posts)

2. How fitting from Agent Orange

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:09 PM

8 hrs ago

Midnight Writer

(25,613 posts)

3. Christ, it is springtime and people are spraying this shit everywhere around here.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:10 PM

8 hrs ago

Got into it with my neighbor because he was leaning over my fence and spraying that shit along my fenceline. He says he was doing me a favor by making my fence look neater. I told him I don't want poison sprayed in my yard.

Now I see in the public parks, workers spraying it around signposts, playground equipment, fences, sidewalks. One of the guys told me it was so they could mow with a tractor and not have to worry about coming back to trim around objects in the park.

I'm half afraid to walk my dog in the park, because glyphosate has a sweet flavor that dogs (and cats) like to lick, just like anti-freeze. I am shocked that people want this in parks and yards where their children play.

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