A controversial scientific paper that claimed the weed killer glyphosate (brand name roundup) does not pose a health risk to humans has been formally retracted 25 years after publication due to serious ethical concerns around industry manipulation. Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed roundup is safe the trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits. The journal regulatory toxicology and pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for monsanto’s claim that roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer.
The authors didn’t disclose financial compensation they received from monsanto for their work on a ghostwritten paper about the herbicide’s safety The study, which found that glyphosate poses no cancer or other health risks to people, was retracted because it relied exclusively on unpublished monsanto studies The journal regulatory toxicology and pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for monsanto’s claim that roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer.
