International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a Food Industry Lobby Group
The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a corporate-funded nonprofit organization based in Washington DC, with 17 affiliated chapters around the world. ILSI describes itself as a group...
October 8, 2019
10 Revelations from the U.S. Right to Know Investigations
You can support the USRTK investigations by making a tax-deductible donation today! Internal Monsanto documents released in August provide a rare inside look at how pesticide and food...
September 19, 2019
I’m a Journalist. Monsanto Built a Strategy to Destroy My Reputation
This story originally ran in The Guardian on August 9, 2019 By Carey Gillam As a journalist who has covered corporate America for more than 30 years, very little shocks me about the...
September 9, 2019
Monsanto’s Campaign Against U.S. Right To Know: New Documents
Internal documents released in August provide a rare look into the public relations machinery at Monsanto, and how the company tried to contain an investigation by U.S. Right to Know into its...
September 8, 2019
Tracking the Agrichemical Industry Propaganda Network
Propaganda: information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view Just four corporations now control more...
September 8, 2019
Bayer Internal Emails Says Seeks to “Regain Public Trust” Amid Monsanto Mess
With legal and shareholder pressure mounting, Bayer AG on Thursday was preparing to launch an initiative to "regain public trust" after its acquisition last year of Monsanto Co. brought Bayer...
June 13, 2019
(UPDATED June 5 with comment from Scientific Reports) The authors of a newly published paper examining the impacts of exposure to the world’s most widely used herbicide declared some shocking...
June 5, 2019
Bayer’s Shady PR Firms: FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, FTI Consulting
In the latest PR scandal to engulf Bayer, journalists at Le Monde reported May 9 that they obtained a "Monsanto File" created by the public relations firm FleishmanHillard listing a "multitude of...
May 21, 2019
Trial in Monsanto’s Hometown Set for August After $2 Billion Verdict
This article was originally published in Environmental Health News. By Carey Gillam After three stunning courtroom losses in California, the legal battle over the safety of Monsanto's...
May 17, 2019
Glyphosate Spin Check: Tracking Claims About the Most Widely Used Herbicide
Amid global debate over the safety of glyphosate-based herbicides such as Monsanto’s Roundup, numerous claims have been made to defend the product’s safety. In the wake of two recent landmark...
April 26, 2019