> The evidence on glyphosphate causing cancer isn’t particularly strong.

This may be the case.

But I remember tobacco execs testifying under oath in the mid 90s that nicotine wasn't addictive and that there wasn't strong evidence smoking directly caused cancer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Berkshire

https://senate.ucsf.edu/tobacco-ceo-statement-to-congress

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/15/us/tobacco-chiefs-say-cig...

> The executives also made a number of other notable admissions, including these:

> * Cigarettes may cause lung cancer, heart disease and other health problems, but the evidence is not conclusive.

> * Despite earlier denials, a Philip Morris study that suggested that animals could become addicted to nicotine was suppressed in 1983 and 1985.