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The Monsanto Papers: Poisoning the scientific well
- Source :
- International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine. 29:193-205
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- IOS Press, 2018.
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Abstract
- Objective Examination of de-classified Monsanto documents from litigation in order to expose the impact of the company's efforts to influence the reporting of scientific studies related to the safety of the herbicide, glyphosate. Methods A set of 141 recently de-classified documents, made public during the course of pending toxic tort litigation, In Re Roundup Products Liability Litigation were examined. Results The documents reveal Monsanto-sponsored ghostwriting of articles published in toxicology journals and the lay media, interference in the peer review process, behind-the-scenes influence on retraction and the creation of a so-called academic website as a front for the defense of Monsanto products. Conclusion The use of third-party academics in the corporate defense of glyhphosate reveals that this practice extends beyond the corruption of medicine and persists in spite of efforts to enforce transparency in industry manipulation.
- Subjects :
- Toxic tort
Corruption
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Glycine
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Ethics, Research
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Political science
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Conflict of Interest
Herbicides
business.industry
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Health Policy
Liability
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Public relations
Transparency (behavior)
Order (business)
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18786847 and 09246479
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....067b58cf65e192d4c981ac1ca038a95c