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.

The decision comes eight years after a 2017 court case found that employees of the chemical company Monsanto were involved in ghostwriting the herbicide's safety evaluation.

The now-retracted article, which reported there was no evidence that Roundup caused cancer , endocrine disruption, or was toxic to humans, is one of the most-cited papers in scientific research relating to glyphosate.

It was published in back in 2000 by authors Gary Williams, Robert Kroes, and Ian Munro.

The fact that its findings are now rolled back raises

See Full Page