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Glyphosate ammonium salt in the yard and garden

High risk for your yard

Glyphosate ammonium salt poses high risk to adults. Minimize exposure and follow regulatory guidelines.

What is glyphosate ammonium salt?

Glyphosate ammonium salt is a herbicide, organophosphorus compound, salt.

The IUPAC name is azanium;2-(phosphonatomethylamino)acetate.

Also known as: azanium;2-(phosphonatomethylamino)acetate, Glyphosate monoammonium salt, Ammonium glyphosate, Glyphosate-ammonium.

IUPAC name
azanium;2-(phosphonatomethylamino)acetate
CAS number
114370-14-8
Molecular formula
C3H11N2O5P
Molecular weight
186.1 g/mol
SMILES
CC(C12CC(=C3C4(C1N(CC4)CC5C2O5)C6=CC=CC=C6N3)C(=O)OC)O
PubChem CID
443358

Risk for people, pets,

High risk

Glyphosate ammonium salt poses high risk to adults. Minimize exposure and follow regulatory guidelines.

Regulatory consensus

1 regulatory bodyhas classified Glyphosate ammonium salt.

AgencyYearClassificationNotes
EPA CTX / Skin-Eye—Eye Irritation: Category 6.4A (Category 2A) (score: high)

Regulators apply different standards of evidence — animal-data weighting, exposure-pattern assumptions, epidemiological power thresholds — which is why two scientific bodies can review the same data and reach different conclusions. The disagreement is the data.

Where your yard encounter glyphosate ammonium salt

  • Agricultural Herbicide — Various generic formulations
    Less common in consumer products

Safer alternatives

Lower-risk approaches that achieve a similar outcome to Glyphosate ammonium salt:

  • Mechanical weeding; Cover cropping; Organic mulch; Flame weeding
    Trade-offs: Labor-intensive; effective for small-scale or precision applications; no chemical residues; not scalable to large commercial operations without significant cost increase.
    Relative cost: 2-5× conventional

Frequently asked questions

Is glyphosate ammonium salt safe for your yard?

Glyphosate ammonium salt poses high risk to adults. Minimize exposure and follow regulatory guidelines.

What products contain glyphosate ammonium salt?

Glyphosate ammonium salt appears in: Various generic formulations (agricultural herbicide).

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Sources (1)
  1. Glyphosate ammonium salt - PubChem Compound Summary — pubchem

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