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

2026-04-29 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt 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. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@user-em6ie2be7x 2026-04-29

Protect the Environment...Not Corporations.

1.0k 34 replies
@ApolloSuns 2026-04-29

They will kill us all if they can make a dollar.

868 44 replies
@JessBurns-g5v 2026-04-29

Supervillain levels of evil

778 12 replies
@JuneBannister-k4s 2026-04-29

Spraying Roundup into forest land is insane.

741 40 replies
@MyAchingSushi 2026-04-29

I can't stand how deeply disconnected we've become to our natural world....and poisoning ourselves while we kill the forests....

679 18 replies
@brettdorough4865 2026-04-29

Poisoning your kids your water 💦 is insanity..

502 12 replies
@Possum83 2026-04-29

They spray it all over the trails in Florida rather than actually mow the sides of the paths. It's sickening. They're literally destroying the planet and they just don't care.

427 29 replies
@woopwoopswoop 2026-04-29

these ppl have no concept of an ecosystem you cant just regrow trees forever without other life

419 29 replies
@LittlesandRachael 2026-04-29

Incredible what this country does to its own land and water supply.

272 10 replies
@parrisatkins8776 2026-04-29

Destroyers of the environment, must be held accountable. The damage done will never be, completely, reversed.

186 3 replies

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