A Brief History of Glyphosate
Glyphosate is now the #1 herbicide in use in the U.S. and is increasingly used around the world
Patented by Monsanto as an herbicide in 1969
Introduced into the US food chain in 1974
Came out from under patent in 2000
Inhibits an enzyme in the shikimate pathway involved in the synthesis of tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine (the three aromatic amino acids)
Huge expansion of GMO corn, soy, cotton and canola crops has led to
sharp increases in the last two decades.