Bayer ghost wrote research for the EPA report on glyphosate and bribed EPA officials.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The ghostwriting element has partial support: the AP report on the 2021 Ninth Circuit ruling and Mother Jones (2026) describe Monsanto ghostwritten research that the EPA relied on in its assessment.
What was said
… But, but you have to understand, the EPA hasn't reviewed glyphosate in close to 30 years, and they currently say that it does not cause cancer. Now, five years ago, they it was up for review, and they were going to review it, and they said no cancer. Then it came out in court that Bayer, the maker of glyphosate, ghost wrote research for the EPA report and bribed EPA officials. So Bayer, right now, is running PR campaigns saying attacking Bobby, saying we can't have a misinformation, where the pro-science company literally the last review of glyphosate was thrown out because they ghost wrote research. …
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Contradicts. A Substack summary says the Ninth Circuit opinion makes no finding of ghostwriting or bribery, which undercuts the claim that a court established these facts; this source is low-credibility and secondary.[3]
Contradicts. The EPA said the 2000 Williams study was referenced only in a broader 2016 overview and was not used in any glyphosate decision, which weakens the link between ghostwriting and the EPA report as claimed.[4]
Supports. The 2021 AP report on the Ninth Circuit ruling says the appeals court found evidence, which the jury could believe, that Monsanto failed to conduct proper EPA safety studies and that its scientists ghost-wrote reports in the names of independent researchers.[1]
Supports. Mother Jones reports, based on an EPA memo, that the EPA cited a 2013 Monsanto-ghostwritten paper as evidence glyphosate is safe in its 2020 assessment, and that the EPA Inspector General opened an investigation in 2017.[5]
Context. No source reports any bribery of EPA officials. The claim's bribery element relies only on the claimant's own statements and a transcript of his remarks, which cannot corroborate it.[6][7]
Context. Bayer disputes the ghostwriting characterization of its 2000 safety review, and regulators in the US and elsewhere still say glyphosate is not a cancer risk.[1][2]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated, 2 tier 2
- 1$86M to California couple upheld in Monsanto pesticide caseapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Pennants Flying above Calley Means and Joe Rogan: New Knights on the Health Freedom Tournament Groundmothersarms.substack.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Retraction of key herbicide study won't sway the government's approachamp.rnz.co.nz · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5The EPA Relied on an Influential Glyphosate Study Even After Learning Monsanto Was a 'Ghost Writer'motherjones.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Transcript: Calley Means on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 8, 2026cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7Calley Means: Bayer's Glyphosate Win Shows How Lobbyists Captured Trump's Health Policyfinance.biggo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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