A paper was written by a lab that received guidance and likely funding from the company whose product it was researching. Paper was published and despite red flags, it was allowed to influence 1000+ papers before it was finally redacted. Even though a correction has been made, Monsanto was still allowed to befuddle the water for so long.
ELI5: Imagine the class was asked to make a drawing of an apple, but one student that is quick and sneaky, draws an orange. The other students still learning about fruits, copy that students drawing of an orange. The teacher discovers a mistake was made, but by the time things get figured out, its too late, the assignments over and the paintings can't be undone. All that time spent on oranges.
Yeah forgot that part lol "and also the kid paid the teacher 14 billion dollars to accept the paintings of an orange as an apple".