US President Donald Trump Supports Production Of Glyphosate

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aimed at supporting US production of glyphosate, arguing that the herbicide, which the WHO says is a probable carcinogen, is essential to the country's food security. 

The White House said Wednesday that glyphosate-based herbicides



are widely used in American agriculture but that domestic production was insufficient to cover national demand.

German agrichemical firm Bayer has been the only producer of glyphosate-based herbicides in the United States since acquiring its American developer, Monsanto, in 2018.