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Paid-for science protected glyphosate
A new report from an alliance of environmental and food NGOs argues that the chemical industry 'bought the science' that has allowed the widely used (and highly profitable) herbicide glyphosate to escape a ban.
The report, coordinated by two Austrian NGOs, Global 2000 and Friends of the Earth Austria, shows that after 2009, when EU regulation threatened the future of glyphosate herbicides, the manufacturers fought back to save the chemical from a ban.
Monsanto and other glyphosate companies sponsored scientific studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, to defend their products. But -- the report argues -- the papers were based on flawed science, used manipulated data, and in many cases were produced by scientists with demonstrated conflicts of interests arising from their links to the glyphosate companies. Read the full report here.
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Published Friday 24 March 2017
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