Glyphosate regulation and sovereignty politics around the world

Widger, Tom

Abstract

Bayer's best-selling herbicide, glyphosate, is a once in a generation product. This pesticide has come to symbolize widespread opposition to corporate influence over agrochemical regulation and led to calls for greater democratic accountability in science. In the 1960s, the modern environmental movement was born from campaigns against the insecticide DDT. In the 2010s, glyphosate is helping to foster new coalitions between environmentalists and nationalist groups calling for chemical sovereignty. This guest editorial describes how glyphosate has helped shape these movements in postwar Sri Lanka and the European Union before and after Brexit.

Citation

Widger, T. (2021). Glyphosate regulation and sovereignty politics around the world. Anthropology Today, 37(4), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12661

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 1, 2021
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 3, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 2, 2023
• Journal: Anthropology Today
• Print ISSN: 0268-540X
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-8322
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1-2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12661
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1244507