Emails released as part of a federal lawsuit against Monsanto suggest the agriculture supplier cozied up to an EPA regulator and sought to whitewash studies to ignore potential cancer-causing effects of an herbicide found in weed-killer.
NPR reports the emails show the company asked scientists to co-sign safety studies on glyphosate, an active ingredient in Roundup, after the International Agency for Research on Cancer found glypshosate may cause cancer. NPR wrote the company emails were revealed earlier this week in a lawsuit brought by cancer victims accusing the company of working with the EPA to bury health dangers of the herbicide.
