Lowe's Targeted by Consumer Groups for Selling Carcinogenic Weedkiller Roundup

On the day of its annual shareholder meeting, Lowe's is under renewed pressure to stop selling cancer-linked, pollinator-toxic weedkiller glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, as a coalition of consumer and environmental groups installed a giant billboard outside of company headquarters.

The billboard  features a video detailing the dangers of glyphosate to Lowe's customers and endangered species, including bees and other pollinators, and demanding that the home and garden giant immediately remove Roundup and other products containing glyphosate from its shelves. Bayer announced plans to remove cancer-linked glyphosate from weedkiller Roundup by 2023 for the U.S. consumer market, following a series of large class action lawsuits by cancer patients who claim the weedkiller caused their illness.

As the second-largest home and garden retailer in the U.S., Lowe's can play a huge role in ending the use of this toxic weedkiller in our backyards and across the country. A recent analysis released by coalition member groups shows that half of herbicides sold by Lowe's contain highly hazardous ingredients. Friends of the Earth and allies are campaigning for Lowe's and Home Depot to immediately end sales of Roundup and other glyphosate-based weedkillers based on science linking the chemical to cancer and other serious health concerns, as well as threats to pollinators and endangered species.