The United States Department of Health and Human Services was pressured by senators and other individuals not to study glyphosate in the run-up to an EPA review.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
No reliable source in the set reports that HHS was pressured by senators or others not to study glyphosate before the EPA review. The only related material is an unrated summary (source 10) that describes senators threatening NIH appropriations over glyphosate research, which restates the claimant's own account and concerns NIH rather than HHS, so it cannot corroborate the claim.
What was said
… Also, other major regulatory authorities have recognized the cancer link. It is so notable that the EPA, right, and the review is coming up, and HHS, I just will say this again, was extremely pressured in the run-up to the EPA review not to study glyphosate, like, like, by senators and other people, like, like, like, people talk about, like, pro-science, like, trust the science, like, like, I'm telling you, like, leading nutrition policy, like, leading food policy in the United States government, like, we cannot trust what we're hearing, like, we …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The EPA-HHS MOU sources (2, 6, 8, 9) describe HHS joining EPA's glyphosate review to expand research, and say nothing about senators or others pressuring HHS to avoid studying glyphosate.[1][3][4][5]
Context. An unrated summary of the claimant's video says bipartisan senators threaten to cut NIH appropriations if researchers study glyphosate's health effects; this is a secondary restatement of the claimant's own account, names NIH rather than HHS, and does not establish pressure on HHS before the EPA review.[6]
Context. Calley Means's Face the Nation transcript (source 3) focuses on alleged Bayer bribery and ghostwritten research that led to a thrown-out EPA review, and does not address HHS being pressured by senators.[2]
Context. Center for Food Safety's statement (source 7) criticizes EPA's history with Monsanto and its reliance on industry data, but does not mention pressure from senators on HHS.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1EPA and HHS Announce New Scientific Partnership to Strengthen ...epa.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Transcript: Calley Means on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 8, 2026cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 3"In the Weeds" Glyphosate News Roundup: November 3, 2026no-tillfarmer.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4EPA, HHS Partner on Glyphosate Studydtnpf.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Policy Watch: HHS and EPA move to coordinate on glyphosate reviewcen.acs.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Calley Means Quits White House as Aides Shield Food, Pharma Donorsreducer.xgoose.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Statement on EPA and HHS Partnership for Glyphosate's ...centerforfoodsafety.org · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- Federal officials pressured HHS and NIH not to study glyphosate, threatening appropriations.Can’t tell
- Bayer ghost wrote research for the EPA report on glyphosate and bribed EPA officials.Mixed
- The last EPA review of glyphosate was thrown out due to ghost-written research and bribery to EPA officials.False
- The EPA has not reviewed glyphosate in close to 30 years.False
- The Supreme Court took a case regarding liability protection for glyphosate after the Trump administration filed a brief urging them to take it.Can’t tell