Wissenschaftsjournal zieht Studie zur Sicherheit von Monsantos Roundup zurück: „Erhebliche ethische Bedenken“. In einem im Jahr 2000 veröffentlichten Papier wurde festgestellt, dass Glyphosat nicht schädlich sei, während interne E-Mails später den Einfluss des Unternehmens offenbarten
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted
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>**Regulators around the world have cited the paper as evidence of the safety of glyphosate herbicides**, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in this assessment.
>In 2015, William Heydens, a **Monsanto** scientist, suggested that he and colleagues “ghost-write” another scientific paper. Monsanto could pay outside scientists to “edit & sign their names” to the work that he and others would do, Heydens wrote in an email. “Recall that is how we handled Williams Kroes and Munro 2000.”
>**“This garbage ghostwritten study finally got the fate it deserved,”** Wisner said. “Hopefully, journals will now be more vigilant in protecting the impartiality of science on which so many people depend.”
**In November 2023, the European Commission renewed the approval of the herbicide glyphosate for 10 years.**
[**https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/sante/items/809279/en**](https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/sante/items/809279/en)
Amid ongoing safety concerns, glyphosate remains the most widely used pesticide in the EU. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer found glyphosate to be carcinogenic to animals and probably to humans[[1]](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002696_EN.html#def1). A Parliament appeal to ban glyphosate was ignored[[2]](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002696_EN.html#def2).
The Commission has stated ‘if evidence emerges that indicates that the approval criteria are no longer fulfilled, a review of the approval at EU level may be initiated at any time and the Commission will take action immediately to amend or withdraw the approval if this is scientifically warranted’[[3]](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002696_EN.html#def3).
Now, a new Environmental Health study confirms that glyphosate has probable carcinogenic effects after long-term exposure to ‘safe’ doses[[4]](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002696_EN.html#def4).
[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002696_EN.html](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002696_EN.html)