US EditionStudy that said glyphosate herbicide is safe retracted 25 years after publication
- The retraction reveals that conclusions were based on unpublished studies from Monsanto, which produces Roundup.
- There are allegations that Monsanto employees assisted in writing the article without disclosure and that authors may have received payments from the company.
- Beatrice Olivastri, CEO of Friends of the Earth Canada, is urging Health Canada to impose a moratorium on glyphosate sales.
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The removal of a false study of the world's best-selling pesticide does not worry Health Canada, which reauthorized the use of glyphosate until 2031.
Study that said glyphosate herbicide is safe retracted 25 years after publication
An influential research article that claimed a popular weed-killer was safe has been retracted 25 years after it was published, prompting environment groups in Canada to ask the federal government to review the science on glyphosate use.
Landmark glyphosate “safety” study retracted after 25 years
A cornerstone scientific paper long used by global regulators — including authorities in New Zealand — to justify the widespread use of glyphosate-based weedkillers has been formally retracted, after revelations it was secretly ghostwritten by the world’s major supplier of the chemical, Monsanto. The 2000 review by Williams, Kroes and Munro had claimed that Roundup posed “no health risk to humans,” shaping pesticide policy worldwide for a quarte…
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