Outrage as cancer-linked chemicals are sprayed in skies over multiple U.S. states under controversial government program | 13 May 2026 | Thousands of acres of U.S. forests have been sprayed with a notorious chemical linked to cancer, as outrage and fear grow that the money-making scheme will lead to a booming health crisis. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has been actively spraying the herbicide glyphosate over national forests in California and throughout the South for years, wiping out native shrubs, wildflowers, grasses and plants that naturally regrow after wildfires. Government records also show spraying has occurred in Maine, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon and multiple southern states tied to the timber industry, with the practice becoming common over 40 years ago.  Now, the White House’s plans to expand the chemical spraying include adding another 10,000 acres in California’s Lassen National Forest, with that number reportedly growing to 75,000 acres in some fire zones.