Abstract Glyphosate is the world's largest single pesticide agent, with a market demand of more than 800,000 tons in 2017.As the largest exporter of glyphosate, China produced more than 500,000 tons of glyphosate in 2017, about 80% of which was exported. This paper introduces glyphosate from the aspects of structure and property, poisonousness, synthesis, usage amount and pollution abatement. Its purpose is to arouse the public's attention to environmental protection and help the public to establish the awareness of environmental protection.