https://archive.is/CoEbL
"since then, emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller's manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company's scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study.
In the emails, Monsanto employees praised each other for their "hard work" on the paper, which included data collection, writing and review. One Monsanto employee expressed hope that the study would become "'the' reference on Roundup and glyphosate safety." The pharmaceutical giant Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion.
In retracting the study last month, the journal, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, cited "serious ethical concerns regarding the independence and accountability of the authors." Martin van den Berg, the journal's editor in chief, said the paper had based its conclusions largely on unpublished studies by Monsanto..."