Month: July 2017

Reuters’ Kate Kelland promoted false narrative about IARC and Aaron Blair

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UPDATE January 2019: Documents filed in court  show that Monsanto provided Kate Kelland with the documents for her June 2017 story about Aaron Blair and gave her a slide deck of talking points the company wanted covered. For more details, see  Carey Gillam’s Roundup Trial Tracker post. The following analysis was prepared by Carey Gillam Reuters’ Kate Kelland promoted false narrative about IARC and Aaron Blair

Controversy, questions surround California’s listing of weed killer as cancer cause

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By Carey Gillam This article originally appeared in Environmental Health News  on July 7, 2017. California’s official listing today of the world’s most widely used weed killer as a known carcinogen marks a milestone in what has been years of debate over the safety of the pesticide called glyphosate. But it by no means marks Controversy, questions surround California’s listing of weed killer as cancer cause

University of Florida Sued for Failure to Release Public Records on Agrichemical Industry

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News Release For Immediate Release:Tuesday, July 11, 2017 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 Food industry watchdog group U.S. Right to Know filed a lawsuit today to compel the University of Florida to comply with public records requests about the university’s relationship with agrichemical companies that produce genetically engineered seeds and pesticides. “We University of Florida Sued for Failure to Release Public Records on Agrichemical Industry

Trump’s New CDC Pick Boosts Agency’s Ties To Coca Cola

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See also: New York Times, by Sheila Kaplan, 7/22/2017: “New C.D.C. Chief Saw Coca-Cola as Ally in Obesity Fight” Forbes, Part 2 by Rob Waters, “The Coca-Cola Network: Soda Giant Mines Connections with Officials and Scientists to Wield Influence” By Rob Waters Part 1 of 2 stories For many years, The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s Trump’s New CDC Pick Boosts Agency’s Ties To Coca Cola