The last EPA review of glyphosate was thrown out due to ghost-written research and bribery to EPA officials.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The claim that the last EPA glyphosate review was thrown out over ghostwriting and bribery is not supported.
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… So they go by the Supreme Court went by the law, which mentions that EPA should be the dominant force. And it's not really the Supreme Court's job to note that the EPA is rigged, to the point that glyphosate hasn't been reviewed in 30 years, and the last review was thrown out for ghost-written research and bribery to EPA officials. So the law itself says stuff about EPA supremacy, you know, the case was kind of technical, you know, and they went off what the laws are, but the administration and the memo from the DOJ to take the case made them take the case, and we would not have had it …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The EPA's glyphosate page states the glyphosate interim decision was withdrawn in September 2022 because the agency could not finalize the ecological portion by a court-imposed deadline, not because of ghostwritten research.[3]
Contradicts. No source documents bribery of EPA officials. Sources describe Monsanto ghostwriting a 2000 review and seeking to influence EPA staff, and factcheck.org reports the journal retracted that paper after a Monsanto employee's email suggested it was ghostwritten, which Bayer disputes.[1][2][4]
Contradicts. A Mother Jones report says the EPA relied on a ghostwritten 2013 paper in its 2020 assessment, but it does not say any EPA review was thrown out for ghostwriting or bribery.[5]
Context. The EPA's 2017 assessment concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic, and its registration review is ongoing with a human health update expected in late 2026.[3]
Context. The Calley Means CBS transcript and biggo summary repeat the bribery and thrown-out assertion, but they restate the claimant's own statement and are not independent corroboration.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Forest Service, timber companies are spraying weedkiller glyphosate on forests. We dug into proofsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Glyphosate | US EPAepa.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Mapping commercial practices of the pesticide industry to shape science and policymaking: a scoping reviewpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 5The EPA Relied on an Influential Glyphosate Study Even After ...motherjones.com · tier 2 · 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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