AgBioChatter: Where Corporations, Academics Plotted Strategy on GMOs, Pesticides
AgBioChatter is a private email listserver used by the agrichemical industry and its allies to coordinate messaging and lobbying activities. List members include pro-industry academics, senior...
May 31, 2018
Biofortified Aids Chemical Industry PR & Lobbying Efforts
Biology Fortified Inc., known as “Biofortified,” is a nonprofit organization that works closely with the agrichemical industry and its collaborators on public relations and lobbying campaigns to...
May 31, 2018
Academics Review: The Making of a Monsanto Front Group
Academics Review, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization launched in 2012, claims to be an independent group but documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know revealed it is a front group set up with the...
May 31, 2018
IFIC: How Big Food Spins Bad News
Documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know and other sources shine light on the inner workings of the International Food Information Council (IFIC), a trade group funded by large food and agrichemical...
May 31, 2018
Center for Food Integrity Partners with Monsanto
The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), formerly the Grow America Project, is an industry-funded 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that conducts research, lobbying and public relations campaigns to...
May 31, 2018
Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller for Decades
In June, a California groundskeeper will make history by taking company to trial on claims it suppressed harm of Roundup This article was originally published in The Guardian. By Carey...
May 22, 2018
FDA FOIA Documents Regarding Glyphosate Residue Testing
The Food and Drug Administration has responded to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information regarding its efforts to start testing food samples for residues of glyphosate as well as...
May 10, 2018
Weedkiller Products More Toxic Than Active Ingredient, Tests Show
After more than 40 years of widespread use, new scientific tests show formulated weedkillers have higher rates of toxicity to human cells...
May 8, 2018
Internal FDA Emails: Weedkiller Found in Granola and Crackers
This article was originally published in the Guardian. By Carey Gillam US government scientists have detected a weedkiller linked to cancer in an array of commonly consumed foods, emails obtained...
May 2, 2018
Drew Kershen: Agrichemical Industry Front Group Ringleader
Drew Kershen, professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, is a close ally of the agrichemical industry. He argues for deregulation of genetically engineered plants and animals...
May 1, 2018