A recent article in The New York Times detailed the retraction of a once-prominent study that supported the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The paper had been cited for years as evidence that the herbicide posed minimal risk. But after concerns were raised about conflicts of interest and the integrity of the
Water samples taken in late 2013 from the South Relief Canal, which flows into the River Lagoon, in Florida, tested positive for three different herbicides that could compound pollution in the estuary. Sediment samples taken from the mouth of Taylor Creek has also tested positive for a chemical herbicide. After analyzing the samples, traces of