Source: OREGONIANS FOR FOOD AND SHELTER, 4/25/18



The EPA is conducting it's periodic review of glyphosate, and they need to hear from you about why it is an important product for your operation.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to conduct periodic reviews of every pesticide.  Glyphosate is currently undergoing this routine registration review. As part of the registration review, EPA holds a public comment period when anyone can go online and submit comments. For glyphosate, this public comment period is open until April 30, 2018.

Glyphosate is used by land managers in agriculture, forestry and urban environments. It is critically important that we have comments submitted by glyphosate users to ensure the EPA hears a balanced perspective, as we know that the activists will submit many comments in opposition to glyphosate.

Points to Remember
• Glyphosate-based herbicides have a 40+ year history of safe use. 
• When it comes to safety assessments, no other pesticide has been more extensively tested than glyphosate. 
• Glyphosate safety is supported by one of the most extensive worldwide human health, crop residue and environmental databases ever compiled on a pesticide product. 
• No regulatory agency in the world has concluded that glyphosate is a carcinogen. 
• In evaluations spanning 4 decades, the overwhelming conclusion of experts and regulatory agencies worldwide, including the EPA, has been that glyphosate can be used safely according to label directions. 
• It is a versatile herbicide used by farmers, land managers and gardeners to simply, safely and effectively control unwanted vegetation. 
• Controls a broad spectrum of weeds, and helps farmers grow crops more sustainably. For example, glyphosate has helped farmers adopt conservation tillage. With conservation tillage, farmers can disturb less soil and drive their tractors less, which can reduce soil erosion and carbon emissions. This is beneficial for the environment. 
• Farmers need a wide range of tools to help them sustainably grow enough for our growing world. Glyphosate is one very important tool that has been widely adopted by farmers and other users over the past 40 years due to its proven effectiveness and safety profile. 

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