How Monsanto Manufactured ‘Outrage’ at IARC over Cancer Classification
By Carey Gillam Three years ago this month Monsanto executives realized they had a big problem on their hands. It was September 2014 and the company's top-selling chemical, the weed...
September 19, 2017
The Monsanto Papers: MDL Glyphosate Cancer Case Key Documents & Analysis
More than 250 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...
September 18, 2017
Available Now! Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science
Carey Gillam's new book about Monsanto, Roundup and glyphosate is available now. Order here or here on Amazon or on Barnes and Noble. “Hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative…A forceful...
September 17, 2017
Newly released government email communications show a persistent effort by multiple officials within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to slow a separate federal agency’s safety review...
August 17, 2017
What’s in Roundup? Internal EPA Documents Show Scramble for Data
By Carey Gillam As agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. faces a growing wave of U.S. lawsuits over its top-selling Roundup herbicide line, among its key defense arguments is that the U.S....
August 7, 2017
New ‘Monsanto Papers’ Add To Questions Of Regulatory Collusion, Scientific Mischief
The other shoe just dropped. Four months after the publication of a batch of internal Monsanto Co. documents stirred international controversy, a new trove of company records was...
August 1, 2017
Reuters’ Kate Kelland IARC Story Promotes False Narrative
Update: For a broader analysis of Kate Kelland's reporting on IARC and glyphosate, see Stacy Malkan's July 24 story in FAIR: "Reuters vs. UN Cancer Agency: Are Corporate Ties Influencing Science...
July 24, 2017
Controversy, questions surround California’s listing of weed killer as cancer cause
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...
July 17, 2017
Monsanto Spin Doctors Target Cancer Scientist In Flawed Reuters Story
In a well-orchestrated and highly coordinated media coup, Monsanto Co. and friends this week dropped a bombshell on opponents who are seeking to prove that the company’s beloved Roundup...
June 19, 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