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
Email of intrigue: “IARC is killing us!”
As researchers we often look to documents to shed new light on issues important to food policy. Sometimes, they simply reflect what we already know. That’s the case with one new communication...
April 19, 2018
SciBabe says eat your pesticides. But who is paying her?
[caption id="attachment_5069" align="alignright" width="265"] SciBabe's bad science tries to make the pesticide industry look good.[/caption] Blogging under the name SciBabe, Yvette d’Entremont...
March 31, 2018
Are You Ready for the New Wave of Genetically Engineered Foods?
A version of this article was first published in Common Ground Magazine March 2018 (PDF version). By Stacy Malkan Everyone loves a feel-good story about the future. You’ve probably heard this...
March 16, 2018
Report from the Glyphosate Daubert Hearings
Update 3/19: Judge Chhabria ordered an additional hearing for two of the plaintiffs' witnesses. Follow Carey Gillam on Twitter for more updates about the legislation and we continue to post documents...
March 15, 2018