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Then why is Monsanto presenting pre-written papers and "high quality drafts" to scientists and journalists to "edit" and put their names on?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/business/monsantos-sway-o...

Then why has Monsanto settled one hundred thousand claims and paid ten billion dollars in judgements against them and settlements?

Then why was a top official at the EPA emailing Monsanto executives saying he should "get a medal" if he was able to kill the CDC's study?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/15/520250505/em...



Because glyphosphate is almost certainly toxic. We have evidence for that. (Roundup is more toxic than glyphosphate alone [1].)

That doesn't mean it's carcinogenic in a colloquial sense--we don't have evidence for that, again, beyond the carcinogenic capacity of commonly-eaten foods.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Toxicity




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