Glyphosate and the Swirl: An Agroindustrial Chemical on the Move

by Vincanne Adams

In Glyphosate and the Swirl Vincanne Adams explores the chemical glyphosate--the active ingredient in Roundup and a pervasive agricultural herbicide--as a predicament of contested science and chemically saturated life. Adams traces the history of glyphosate's invention and its multiple uses as activists, regulators, scientists, clinicians, consumers, and sick people try to determine its safety and harm. Scientific and political debates over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478019417
• ISBN13: 9781478019411
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"