The Monsanto Papers: MDL Glyphosate Cancer Case Key Documents & Analysis
More than 100 lawsuits are pending against Monsanto Co. in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, filed by people alleging that exposure to Roundup herbicide caused them or their loved ones to develop...
July 19, 2017
Jon Entine and Genetic Literacy Project Spin Chemical Industry PR
Jon Entine, executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project, is a central player in Monsanto and the agrichemical industry’s public relations efforts to promote genetically engineered foods and...
July 18, 2017
Food Evolution GMO Film Serves Up Chemical Industry Agenda
This post is being updated with more views on Food Evolution: Food Evolution is a "GMO propaganda film" by NYU Professor Marion Nestle, and her tweet "I have asked repeatedly to have my short...
June 19, 2017
The American Council on Science and Health is a Corporate Front Group
The American Council on Science and Health is a front group for the tobacco, agrichemical, fossil fuel, pharmaceutical and other industries. A leaked ACSH financial summary, released in 2013 by...
June 17, 2017
Of Mice, Monsanto and a Mysterious Tumor
Call it the case of the mysterious mouse tumor. It’s been 34 years since Monsanto Co. presented U.S. regulators with a seemingly routine study analyzing the effects the company’s best-selling...
June 8, 2017
FDA Resumes Testing Foods For Weed Killer, Safety Questions Grow
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resumed its first-ever endeavor to evaluate how much of a controversial chemical is making its way into the U.S. food supply. And the tests can’t come...
June 8, 2017
Coming Soon – Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science
It’s the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it’s in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto’s Roundup by...
April 19, 2017
Moms Exposed to Monsanto Weed Killer Means Bad Outcomes for Babies
Concerns about the world’s most widely used herbicide are taking a new twist as researchers unveil data that indicates pervasive use of Monsanto Co.’s weed killer could be linked to pregnancy...
April 5, 2017
Glyphosate: Health Concerns About the Most Widely Used Pesticide
Glyphosate is a synthetic herbicide patented in 1974 by the Monsanto Company, and now manufactured and sold by many companies in hundreds of products around the world. Glyphosate is best known as the...
March 31, 2017
It Takes A Village To Transform School Lunches
West Contra Costa School District Takes First Step Toward Fresh, Local Food Service [caption id="attachment_2440" align="alignright" width="335"] More than 70% of students said they “really...
February 27, 2017