Glyphosate (N-phosphonomethylglycine) is the most heavily used chemical weedkiller in food and agricultural production in human history. Since glyphosate-based herbicides were first introduced in 1974, glyphosate use has skyrocketed more than 300-fold, leading to more than 3.5 billion pounds being sold in the United States during this time. In the past decade alone, more than 2.4 billion pounds have been applied to farmers’ fields – or 67% of all glyphosate ever sold in the U.S – as a result of the widespread adoption of genetically engineered crops. As the main active ingredient in Monsanto’s bestselling herbicide Roundup, each year more than 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicides are sprayed on food crops, lawns and home gardens across the country. In the past 20 years, there’s been a massive increase in glyphosate use directly linked to the introduction of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetically engineered crops, such as GMO corn, soybeans, cotton, sugar beets and canola plants that have been specifically manipulated to survive being sprayed with glyphosate-based herbicides

Studies have revealed widespread contamination of some of the most common food products on the market. The full list can be accessed below