• Sugar cane agriculture is extensive all around Lake Okeechobee in S.Florida, and glyphosate is used both to control weeds and as adesiccant
• Cyanobacteria can break down the C-P bond in glyphosate and use its
phosphorus atom as a fuel source**
*Prof. Geoffrey Norris.https://jacquithurlowlippisch.com/tag/
is-sugarcane-field-glyphosate-feeding-lake-os-blue-green-algae-blloms
**D Drzyzga et al. Environ Microbiol 2017 Mar;19(3):1065-1076
"Chronic exposure to glyphosate in Florida manatee”*
• Glyphosate is ubiquitous in Florida waterways
• Concentrations were higher during the sugar cane harvest
• Florida manatees exposed to glyphosate have increasing body burdens since 2009
• Manatees are sick and they are starving due to loss of seagrass
*Maite De Maria et al. Environment International 2021; 152: 106493