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Published February 17th, 2026, 09:21 pm

Monsanto ghostwrote a study declaring their own product, the weedkiller Roundup, safe. It shaped policy for 25 years. Harvard's Naomi Oreskes got it retracted. She joins host Robyn Vincent to explain what went wrong — and what it means now.

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How a fake study shaped 25 years of pesticide policy

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