On 1 August 2017, as part of a lawsuit against Monsanto, documents were released showing, among other things, that the Editor-in-Chief, Wallace Hayes, had once had a contractual relationship with Monsanto.
2017年8月1日，作为一项针对孟山都的诉讼的一部分，一些文件被公布，其中包括主编华莱士·海耶斯(Wallace Hayes)曾与孟山都有过合同关系。