Glyphosate

• In water 11.6 g/l (25°C).
• Insoluble in common organic solvents, e.g. acetone, ethanol and xylene.
• The alkali metal and amine salts are readily soluble in water.

Glyphosate is non-selective systemic herbicide, absorbed by the foliage, with rapid translocation throughout the plant. Inactivated on contact with soil.

Glyphosate is used to control of annual and perennial grasses and broad-leaved weeds, pre-harvest, post-planting / pre-emergence and in stubble, in cereals, peas, beans, oilseed rape, flax and mustard at c 1.5-2 kg/ha; as a directed spray in vines and olives at c. 4.3 kg/ha; in orchards, pasture, forestry and industrial weed control at c. 4.3 kg/ha. As an aquatic herbicide at c. 2kg/ha.

• Acute Oral Toxicity Study
• Acute Dermal Toxicity Study
• Acute Eye Irritation Study
• Acute Skin Irritation Study
• Skin Sensitization Test
• Acute Inhalation Toxicity Study
• Ames Test
• Delayed Neurotoxicity Study
• Bone marrow micronucleus test
• Spermatogonial Chromosome Aberration Test
• Bacilius subtilis Repair Test
• Acute Fish Toxicity Study

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