Overview
Write a paper about glyphosate.
Research and describe your findings about glyphosate.
What is it, what is it used for and why is it potentially an issue.
- Consider various stake holders, concerns and questions.
Answer at least three of the following questions in your paper.
- Possible questions:
- Does glyphosate cause cancer? Could glyphosate have other health effects?
- Does glyphosate harm our gut bacteria?
Could glyphosate be another case like DDT or Thalidomide – should we apply the precautionary principle?
Is there glyphosate in the air and rainwater?
Is there glyphosate in urine?
What about breastmilk?
- Should we worry about glyphosate in wine?
- Is wheat toxic because of glyphosate?
- Does glyphosate use enable bad farming practices?
- What about resistance and superweeds?
- Does glyphosate interfere with soil organisms or nutrient availability?
- Does glyphosate harm Monarch butterflies or bees?
- Can glyphosate research be trusted? What about conflicts of interest?