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Trump Order Pushes Glyphosate Production; Roundup Chemical Hated by MAHA

The order aims to prevent supply chain disruptions by increasing production of key chemicals used in agriculture and defense, with only one domestic producer currently, officials said.

  • On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to boost domestic phosphorus and glyphosate supply, directing Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to increase production.
  • Amid concerns about a single domestic producer, the order states `lacking elemental phosphorus or glyphosate-based herbicides could leave our defense industrial base and food supply vulnerable to hostile foreign actors.`
  • Industry context shows the Defense Production Act may give Bayer legal immunity in public-health lawsuits, while Trump wrote `I find that ensuring robust domestic elemental phosphorus mining and United States-based production of glyphosate-based herbicides is central to American economic and national security`.
  • Environmental and public-health advocates pushed back, with Ken Cook calling the move a betrayal granting Bayer immunity, and Zen Honeycutt saying she was "disgusted".
  • The WHO and the EPA reached different conclusions about glyphosate, and the order follows a retracted study from Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology amid Bayer donation to inaugural committee.
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The US President wants to guarantee sufficient production of the weed killer. Glyphosate is controversial because of a possible carcinogenic effect.

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Donald Trump issued an executive order to support the production of glyphosate in the United States, considering that this herbicide, which would be cancerous, is essential for the country's food security, informs the AFP.

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The US president believes that this herbicide, accused of being carcinogen, is essential to the food security of the country. Glyphosate herbicides like Roundup are the most used in American agriculture, but there is only one producer installed in the country.

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