Why would Mr. Trump & Co. do this...

Editor's note: ...unless it was to protect Bayer despite what peer reviewed research has discovered about Bayer's Roundup? Do people realize how toxic glyphosate is? This is just the surface level carnage: Glyphosate exposure has been linked in multiple epidemiological meta-analyses and reviews (including IARC's 2015 classification as "probably carcinogenic to humans" Group 2A) to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with high-exposure groups showing up to a 41% elevated relative risk, supported by evidence of genotoxicity, oxidative stress, and animal carcinogenicity studies, though regulatory bodies like the U.S. EPA maintains (regulatory capture: of course it does) it is not likely carcinogenic at typical exposure levels when used as directed. Recent estimates indicate that U.S. farmers apply approximately 280–300 million pounds (about 127,000–136,000 metric tons) of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) annually to agricultural crops. That's just one year. It's in everything including in your water.
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Trump Directs USDA to Make More Glyphosate, Signals Liability Protection for Pesticide Makers

President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950 to expand domestic production of glyphosate, the controversial weedkiller at the center of more than 60,000 cancer lawsuits against Bayer. The move sparked outrage from MAHA activists and health advocates who said it puts corporate interests ahead of public health.

by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | February 19, 2026

President Donald Trump late Wednesday signed an executive order intended to boost domestic production of glyphosate.

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller. Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in June 2018, is facing tens of thousands of lawsuits from people alleging Roundup caused them to develop cancer.

Trump's order also grants legal immunity to domestic manufacturers of products containing glyphosate when manufacturers are ordered, under the Defense Production Act of 1950, to produce the products.

The Defense Production Act is used in national emergencies to compel the production of materials or supplies necessary for national security.

Bayer is the only company producing glyphosate in the U.S. However, U.S. farmers also import the chemical from China, Reuters reported.

The executive order also applies to elemental phosphorus, used in weapons production, electronics and batteries. Elemental phosphorus is also used to make glyphosate.

Trump said elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides are scarce materials critical to national defense, and that inadequate domestic production poses an imminent threat to military readiness and food security.

“Glyphosate-based herbicides are a cornerstone of this Nation's agricultural productivity and rural economy,” he said.

The order directs U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to create rules for increasing the supply of phosphorus and glyphosate.

Trump's order riles groups opposed to pesticide use

Trump’s executive order outraged MAHA activists, many of whom have been fighting the use of Roundup and other glyphosate-based weedkillers for decades.

"The implications of this executive order are irreversible," Zen Honeycutt, executive director of Moms Across America, told The Defender.

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Editor's note: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer's Roundup, has low acute toxicity to honeybees but causes harmful sublethal effects on colonies through chronic exposure at field-realistic levels. It disrupts gut microbiota (reducing key beneficial bacteria like Snodgrassella), impairs immunity and increases pathogen susceptibility (e.g., promoting DWV replication), reduces foraging by ~13%, hinders learning/memory/navigation, delays brood development, and weakens colony thermoregulation and overall resilience, contributing to colony stress, decline, and reduced survival, as shown in recent studies (2021–2025). Glyphosate is in the honey and bee pollen you eat.

Sublethal Effects of Weed Killer Glyphosate Associated with Colony Decline, According to Study

Impact of Chronic Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Glyphosate on Honey Bee Immunity, Gut Microbiota and Infection by Pathogens

Dr. Stephanie Seneff, an MIT senior research scientist, warns that glyphosate (Roundup's active ingredient) is a major driver of chronic diseases. In her book Toxic Legacy and papers, she claims low-level exposure disrupts the gut microbiome, mimics glycine in proteins, chelates minerals, suppresses key enzymes, and links to autism, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, obesity, infertility, and more, largely through microbiome damage and sulfur metabolism interference. There are tensions between glyphosate's agricultural utility/economic benefits, measurable environmental contamination (runoff, residues), potential sublethal toxicities (bees, humans), regulatory safety findings, and vocal critics like Seneff facing mainstream pushback amid industry influence and legal battles.

MIT Scientist: How Glyphosate Destroys Your Health