July 17, 2025 – Most of you are aware that Roundup has a very checkered career in farming and gardening. The chief ingredient, glyphosate, is a very weak pathogen, but when combined with other Roundup ingredients some of which were even more toxic than glyphosate, its toxicity rises several hundred percent. Due to its extensive use as a herbicide and desiccating agent, we all probably have Roundup in our systems. Then, there’s the fact that it can cause cancer. OK, officially, it might cause cancer, but it’s a parallel to cigarettes. Cigarettes and cancer were first nationally publicized around 1954. How long did it take to get that fact documented to the public?
Based on over 175,000 victims with cancer caused by Roundup and billions of dollars paid out in claims, Bayer announced that it would stop selling Roundup. Well, if you look in stores that sell herbicides, you’ll still find Roundup on the shelves. So, what changed? Actually, it’s quite simple. Bayer just removed glyphosate. The problem with this is the substance that replaced glyphosate is even more toxic.
The “new” Roundup contains a product called diquat. This product is 200 times more toxic than glyphosate, and while able to pass on a cascade of health problems, the long-term effect of while, while catastrophic is yet to be measured.
There are some fairly new products containing glyphosate that doesn’t appear to be so devastating. They’re usually listed as containing 100% glyphosate, although that’s misleading. They contain 40 some-odd percent glyphosate and 50 some-odd percent of inactive ingredients. Roundup has numerous ingredients that are more dangerous than glyphosate and lasts seemingly forever in the soil. The new products are for spraying, and glyphosate by itself becomes inactive when coming in contact with soil. Simply request a product where glyphosate is the ONLY active ingredient.
