Trump Issues EO to Produce More Glyphosate Herbicide in the U.S. After Bayer Settles Cancer Lawsuits for Hundreds of $Millions
Earlier this week, on February 17, 2026, agrochemical maker Bayer, who purchased fellow agrochemical maker Monsanto in 2018, and inherited the Roundup brand of herbicides containing glyphosate, which has been linked to cancer, announced a $7.25 billion settlement with cancer patients due to their use of glyphosate.
The very next day, on February 18, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order mandating domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides, for use in agriculture and the military.
This executive order gives further evidence that chemical companies like Bayer and Monsanto have a long history of using their herbicide chemicals in both the military and agriculture.
In the military, uses of their chemicals kill people, such as Monsanto’s “Agent Orange” which was used in the Vietnam war.
In the agricultural use of their chemicals, they kill weeds while protecting genetically modified crops that have been engineered to survive being sprayed with these killer chemicals, such as Roundup.
Health Impact News has been one of the leading alternative news sites in the U.S. covering the dangers of glyphosate for almost a decade-and-a-half now, and a search for the term “glyphosate” will yield a result of almost 400 articles during that time span on Health Impact News.
The history of the use of glyphosate is a history of massive corruption and cover-ups, and it harms humans much more than just causing cancer.
































































