"In 2000, a landmark study claimed to set the record straight on glyphosate, a contentious weedkiller used on hundreds of millions of acres of farmland. The paper found that the chemical, the active ingredient in Roundup, wasn't a human health risk despite evidence of a cancer link. Last month, the study was retracted by the scientific journal that published it a quarter century ago, setting off a crisis of confidence in the science behind a weedkiller that has become the backbone of U.S. food production."
"The Environmental Protection Agency still considers the herbicide to be safe. But the federal government faces a deadline in 2026 to reexamine glyphosate's safety after legal action brought by environmental, food-safety and farmworker advocacy groups. The EPA has also faced pressure to act on glyphosate from the Make America Healthy Again movement, led by supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who once served as co-counsel in a lawsuit against Monsanto, the weedkiller's manufacturer, over exposure to Roundup."
A landmark 2000 review concluded glyphosate was not a human health risk despite evidence of a cancer link. The paper became a cornerstone of regulations and was widely cited as evidence of Roundup's safety. The journal retracted the study last month, eroding confidence in the scientific basis for the weedkiller used across U.S. crops and gardens. Glyphosate remains classified as safe by the Environmental Protection Agency, which must reexamine its safety by 2026 following legal challenges from environmental, food‑safety and farmworker groups. Internal emails revealed Monsanto scientists substantially helped conceive, write and review the study, with employees praising their "hard work" and hoping it would become "'the' reference on safety."
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