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Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication

6 days ago
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/12/03/influential-study-on-glyphosate-safety-retracted-25-years-after-publication_6748114_114.html
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  • #Monsanto
  • #scientific-fraud
  • A 25-year-old influential research article on glyphosate's safety has been retracted due to academic integrity issues.
  • The retraction notice was published by Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology on November 28.
  • The study, originally published in April 2000, concluded glyphosate was safe but was later found to be ghostwritten by Monsanto employees.
  • Ghostwriting is a form of scientific fraud where companies pay researchers to sign off on articles they didn't write.
  • The actual authors were Monsanto employees, not the listed scientists: Gary M. Williams, Robert Kroes, and Ian C. Munro.
  • The retraction follows the release of internal Monsanto documents ('Monsanto Papers') during US court proceedings eight years ago.
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