Revealed: Monsanto's secret funding for weedkiller studies

The research, used to help avoid a ban, claimed 'severe impacts' on farming if glyphosate was outlawedMonsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating "very severe impacts" on farming and the environment if its controversial weedkiller glyphosate were banned, an investigation has found.The research was used by the National Farmers' Union and others to successfully lobby against a European ban in 2017. As a result of the revelations the NFU has now amended its glyphosate information to declare the source of the research. Continue reading...