Glyphosate — Sources of Information

Published: 2025-05-22Tags: глифозат, хербицид, отрова

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This is a translation of a Bulgarian-language post. It conveys the content faithfully but is not the author's original English writing.

Lately the debates among gardeners on social media about "glyphosate" — the most widely used herbicide in the world — have not died down, and the information available to everyone is extremely contradictory. While some studies and regulatory bodies claim that, when used correctly, glyphosate does not pose a serious risk to human health, other scientific publications and international agencies such as the WHO's IARC classify it as "probably carcinogenic to humans". The controversy is deepened by the scandals around Monsanto — the company that introduced glyphosate to the market under the name Roundup — and the accusations of bribes to European institutions in order to protect its interests in the licensing of the product.

That is exactly why I have gathered in one place the most important and verified Bulgarian sources, to help everyone looking for reliable information about glyphosate and its effect on health, the environment and society.

Photo: Agrolink

Sources for more information:

(The sources below are predominantly Bulgarian-language articles and publications.)

1. Is glyphosate dangerous: why the assessments differ — DW https://www.dw.com/bg/opasen-li-e-glifozatt-zaso-ocenkite-sa-razlicni/a-68806163
2. The harm of Roundup — cvetno.info https://cvetno.info/vredata-ot-raundap/
3. The toxic herbicide glyphosate found in human bodies https://old.patient.bg/view_news_bg.php?news_id=3446
4. Glyphosate: Cancer and other health concerns — USRTK.org https://usrtk.org/pesticides/glyphosate-health-concerns/
5. Remember these points when using glyphosate — bg.cropprotection.net https://bg.cropprotection.net/info/rayfull-73237715.html
6. Cancer risk from glyphosate treatment — plant-protection.com http://www.plant-protection.com/article.xhtml;jsessionid=876e233b08b2b570f0671c1a7f94?categoryId=100&articleId=230
7. On the harm of using the herbicide Roundup — ecosapiens.bg https://ecosapiens.bg/blog/zemedelie/vredata-ot-herbicida-roundup/
8. Is glyphosate poisoning us? — DW, 9.03.2016 https://www.dw.com/bg/трови-ли-ни-глифозат/a-19104070
9. Glyphosate — Wikipedia (BG) https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Глифозат
10. Human-health risks of the use of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides — review https://gmoresearch.org/bg/gmo_article/human-health-risks-of-the-use-of-glyphosate-and-glyphosate-based-herbicides-review/
11. Can glyphosate herbicide harm your health? https://bg.cropprotection.net/info/can-glyphosate-herbicide-harm-your-health-58519501.html
12. Austria decided: glyphosate is dangerous — DW, 3.07.2019 https://www.dw.com/bg/австрия-реши-глифозатът-е-опасен/a-49457836
13. Study: the toxic herbicide glyphosate found in human bodies — Dnevnik https://www.dnevnik.bg/zelen/2013/06/13/2080828_izsledvane_toksichniiat_herbicid_glifozat_e_otkrit_v/
14. Overview of human health effects related to glyphosate exposure https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/toxicology/articles/10.3389/ftox.2024.1474792/full
15. The herbicide glyphosate carries a risk of lasting brain damage — framar.bg https://media.framar.bg/здравни-новини/хербицидът-глифозат-крие-риск-от-трайно-мозъчно-увреждане
16. Glyphosate — a human carcinogen and a killer of bees — bees4peace.com https://bees4peace.com/blog/glifozat-kancerogen-za-horata-ubiva-pchelite/
17. Safety data sheet — Glyphosate 360 g/l (PDF) https://agropal-bg.com/documents/2018/03/SDS-Glyfoon-bg.pdf
18. Health Risks of Glyphosate Herbicide — WebMD https://www.webmd.com/cancer/herbicide-glyphosate-cancer
19. Glyphosate kills people and nature — why is its use allowed — bgonair.bg https://www.bgonair.bg/a/36-sutreshen-blok/325472-glifozatat-ubiva-horata-i-prirodata-zashto-se-dopuska-izpolzvaneto-mu
20. New study proves pesticides 1,000 times more harmful — blog.bio.bg https://blog.bio.bg/novo-izsledvane-dokazva-1-000-pti-poveche-vreda-ot-pestitsidite/
21. Toxic Effects of Glyphosate on the Nervous System — PubMed Central https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9101768/
22. One of the lawsuits against Bayer over Roundup ended without a verdict — investor.bg https://www.investor.bg/a/520-zemedelie/390283-edno-ot-delata-sreshtu-bayer-zaradi-roundup-zavarshi-bez-prisada
23. Report on the Union procedure for the authorisation of pesticides — European Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-8-2018-0475_BG.html
24. Glyphosate (PDF) — Agrolink https://agrolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/glyphosate-sp-8-april-2023_spisanie_8.pdf
25. New research on the link between the herbicide glyphosate and leukaemia — agro.bg https://agro.bg/novini/rastenievadstvo-38/novi-nauchni-izsledvaniya-za-vrazkata-na-herbitsida-glifozat-s-levkemiyata/
26. Can Roundup kill Bayer too — Bloomberg TV Bulgaria https://www.bloombergtv.bg/a/8-novini-ot-sveta/130779-mozhe-li-roundup-da-ubie-i-bayer
27. Renewal of the approval of the active substance glyphosate — European Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2017-0395_BG.html
28. Glyphosate and the environment — agrolink.org https://agrolink.org/pesticzidi-na-fokus/
29. Glyphosate — reasons for concern (DOC) http://archive.zazemiata.org/v1/fileadmin/content/gmo/docs/Glifozat-prichini_za_trevoga.doc
30. Conservationists call for a ban on glyphosate and glyphosate-containing herbicides in Bulgaria — agro.bg https://agro.bg/novini/rastitelna-zashtita-90/prirodozashtitnitsi-nastoyavat-za-zabrana-na-glifozat-i-glifozat-sadarzhashtite-se-herbitsidi-v-balgariya/
31. Petition: Ban glyphosate in public and private non-agricultural areas https://www.peticiq.com/zabrana_na_glyphosate_v_bulgaria
32. Roundup lawsuits continue in the USA — investor.bg https://www.investor.bg/a/337-sasht/277721-prodalzhavat-delata-v-sasht-sreshtu-herbitsida-raundap

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