Fact File: Does banning glyphosate prevent wildfires? Here's what we know
03-07-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca

Fact File: Does banning glyphosate prevent wildfires? Here's what we know

A social media post shared a screenshot of a satellite map that shows Quebec experiencing fewer wildfires than the rest of Canada, and suggested it was because the province banned the use of glyphosate-based weed killers in 2001.
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