Monsanto Leaks Suggest It Tried To Kill Cancer Research On Roundup Weed Killer

[Jimbo101]

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The original article is on RT News site - which I didn't (won't) link to - but I have no doubt that the story is true.

Documents released Tuesday in a lawsuit against Monsanto raised new questions about the company's efforts to influence the news media and scientific research and revealed internal debate over the safety of its highest-profile product, the weed killer Roundup. The active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, is the most common weed killer in the world and is used by farmers on row crops and by home gardeners. While Roundup's relative safety has been upheld by most regulators, a case in federal court in San Francisco continues to raise questions about the company's practices and the product itself.

The documents underscore the lengths to which the agrochemical company goes to protect its image. Documents show that Henry I. Miller, an academic and a vocal proponent of genetically modified crops, asked Monsanto to draft an article for him that largely mirrored one that appeared under his name on Forbes's website in 2015. Mr. Miller could not be reached for comment. A similar issue appeared in academic research.

An academic involved in writing research funded by Monsanto, John Acquavella, a former Monsanto employee, appeared to express discomfort with the process, writing in a 2015 email to a Monsanto executive, "I can't be part of deceptive authorship on a presentation or publication." He also said of the way the company was trying to present the authorship: "We call that ghost writing and it is unethical." Mr. Miller's 2015 article on Forbes's website was an attack on the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization that had labeled glyphosate a probable carcinogen, a finding disputed by other regulatory bodies. In the email traffic, Monsanto asked Mr. Miller if he would be interested in writing an article on the topic, and he said, "I would be if I could start from a high-quality draft."

The article appeared under Mr. Miller's name, and with the assertion that "opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own." The magazine did not mention any involvement by Monsanto in preparing the article.

[Achilleaze]

1. When republican "values" go corporate, this...

...is the kind of evil, twisted "science" you get shoved down your throat. Sick.

[lunasun]

2. Been saying it for years . DU usually has a collection of folks that vigorously deny it .Good Luck

Maybe they are all gone with the JPR group. Some said they would drink glysophates it so harmless so who knows what happened to them.

[Achilleaze]

4. "Ignore truth and it will often drown beneath the great seas of data and drivel"

Pg. 262 of the Corporate Shills & Trolls Handbook, Inc.

[WinkyDink]

3. Conspiracies are "Fake News!" At least on DU :-P