Exhibit 101 ยท Journal notice
Retraction notice: Williams, Kroes and Munro, Safety evaluation and risk assessment of the herbicide Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate, for humans (2000)
Retraction Watch reports that the retraction notice, posted online in November 2025 and running over 1,000 words, cites Monsanto employees' 'apparent contributions' as co-writers without acknowledgment and reliance on unpublished Monsanto studies although other studies existed. It quotes a Monsanto email from toxicologist William Heydens, written about a later paper: 'Recall this is how we handled Williams Kroes & Munro 2000.' It reports that New York Medical College told Science in 2017 it had found no evidence that Williams violated its ghostwriting policy, and that Kroes died in 2006 and Munro in 2011.
- Source
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (Elsevier), reported by Retraction Watch
- Date
- November 2025
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/glyphosate-safety-article-retracted-elsevier-monsanto-ghostwriting
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Additional report: https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/12/citing-serious-ethical-concerns-journal-retracts-key-monsanto-roundup-safety-study/