Science Journal Retracts Widely Cited Study That Claimed Roundup Is Safe

[Nevilledog]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/roundup-study-retracted-journal-toxicology-pharmacology-human-cancer-risk-trump-epa-monsanto-bayer/

A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.

Federal regulators have relied heavily on the study, published in 2000 by the science journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, in their assessment that the herbicide is safe and does not cause cancer. Indeed, the paper, which concluded that “Roundup herbicide does not pose a health risk to humans,” was among the most cited studies in government reports.

But the journal’s co-editor-in-chief, Martin van den Berg, said he no longer trusted the study, and that it appears to have been secretly ghostwritten by employees of Monsanto, the company that introduced Roundup in 1974. Officially, the paper’s authors, including a doctor from New York Medical College, were listed as independent scientists.

Van den Berg, a professor of toxicology in the Netherlands, concluded that the paper relied entirely on Monsanto’s internal studies and ignored other evidence suggesting that Roundup might be harmful.

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[kimbutgar]

1. Off topic but I love your cute cat pics!

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And come on we’ve known for years roundup is unsafe. Monsanto probably paid someone to say roundup is safe to keep making money off of it. I made my husband get rid of the round up he had. And he makes a natural vinegar weed killer instead.

[Nevilledog]

2. TY....I love my grumpy kitty collection lol