The EPA has not reviewed glyphosate in close to 30 years.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The claim that the EPA has not reviewed glyphosate in close to 30 years is contradicted by the sources, which document EPA reviews in 2017 and 2020 and an ongoing registration review in 2026. The claimant's point that a review was thrown out does not change that EPA reviews have occurred within the last decade.
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… Just a word. Just a word. But we it's very clear that health there is no, I would say, there is actually no medical disagreement on that. 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. …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. A 2020 EPA review of glyphosate concluded it carries 'no risks of concern to human health' when used as directed, per Snopes and a January 2020 EPA statement quoted by Lead Stories.[1][2]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org reports that EPA published a review of the human-health evidence in 2017, and EPA's own 2026 notice describes its 'last open literature review in 2017.'[3][4]
Contradicts. EPA's 2026 Federal Register notices show the agency is actively reevaluating glyphosate under registration review, with a revised decision expected, so the review is ongoing rather than absent.[3][4][5]
Context. The claimant's assertion that the last review was thrown out over ghostwritten research and bribery appears only in the transcript and a secondary aggregator, not in the primary EPA records, and it does not establish that no review occurred.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Forest Service, timber companies are spraying weedkiller glyphosate on forests. We dug into proofsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Fact Check: Monsanto Has NOT Been Banned In 15 Locations | Lead Storiesleadstories.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 4EPA Releases Glyphosate Human Health Open Literature ...epa.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 52026-19775federalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 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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