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Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication | "The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto" (www.lemonde.fr)
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I added the additional quote to the title in order to add context > >

A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed by the journal that published it. The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto. > > Related news: > >

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[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

2008, this was already known. Wondering why they bring it up again. Maybe back then just suspected. But everybody in the “scene” knew. All you needed to do was look at the result. Hence the whole save the bees campaign back then.