U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit investigative group, has obtained hundreds of thousands of pages of documents revealing – for the first time – how food and pesticide corporations are working behind the scenes to undermine our nation’s scientific, academic, political and regulatory institutions. Many of these documents are now posted in the free, searchable industry document archives hosted by the University of California, San Francisco. See the USRTK Agrichemical Industry Collection and Food Industry Collection.
U.S. Right to Know provides documents free of charge to journalists, researchers, policymakers and the public around the world. Our work has contributed to two front-page New York Times investigations; six articles intheBMJ, one of the world’s leading medical journals, and many stories in other top news outlets and journals. Our own reporting has been published in the Guardian and Time magazine, among other outlets. See highlights below.For a fuller list of our investigative work and reporting about it, see our investigations page.
New York Times: Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show, by Eric Lipton
New York Times: New C.D.C. Chief Saw Coca-Cola as Ally in Obesity Fight, by Sheila Kaplan
New York Times: A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World, by Andrew Jacobs
New York Times: Scientists, Give Up Your Emails, by Paul Thacker
New York Times: Traces of Controversial Herbicide Are Found in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, by Stephanie Strom
Washington Post : Coca-Cola emails reveal how soda industry tries to influence health officials, by Paige Winfield Cunningham
BMJ: Coca-Cola and obesity: study shows efforts to influence US Centers for Disease Control, by Gareth Iocabucci
BMJ: International Life Sciences Institute is Advocate for Food and Drink Industry, Say Researchers
BMJ: Coca-Cola Contracts Could Allow it to “Quash” Unfavourable Research, by Elisabeth Mahase
BMJ: Coca-Cola’s Influence on Medical and Science Journalists, by Paul Thacker
BMJ: Conflicts of interest compromise US public health agency’s mission, say scientists, by Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ: US public health agency sued over failure to release emails from Coca-Cola, by Martha Rosenberg
TIME: FDA to Start Testing for Chemicals in Food, by Carey Gillam
TIME: I Won a Historic Lawsuit, But May Not Live to See the Money, by Carey Gillam
Island Press: Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science, by Carey Gillam
Boston Globe: Harvard Professor Failed to Disclose Monsanto Connection in Paper Touting GMOs, by Laura Krantz
The Guardian: Revealed: how Monsanto’s ‘intelligence center’ targeted journalists and activists
The Guardian: Science Institute That Advised EU and UN ‘Actually Industry Lobby Group’, by Arthur Neslen
The Guardian: How Monsanto Manipulates Journalists and Academics, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: The EPA Is Meant to Protect Us. The Monsanto Trials Suggest It Isn’t Doing That, by Nathan Donley and Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Who Is Paying for Monsanto’s Crimes? We Are. By Carey Gillam.
The Guardian: Weedkiller ‘Raises Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma by 41%’, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: ‘The World Is Against Them’: New Era of Cancer Lawsuits Threaten Monsanto, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: One Man’s Suffering Exposed Monsanto’s Secrets to the World, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller for Decades, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Weedkiller Products More Toxic Than Their Active Ingredient s, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Weedkiller Found in Granola and Crackers, Internal FDA Emails Show, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Monsanto says its pesticides are safe. Now, a court wants to see the proof, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: UN/WHO Panel in Conflict of Interest Row over Glyphosate Cancer Risk, by Arthur Neslen
The Guardian: Before you read another health study, check who’s funding the research, by Alison Moodie
Associated Press: Reports: Limit food industry sway on public health matters, by Candice Choi
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health: Science organisations and Coca-Cola’s ‘war’ with the public health community: insights from an internal industry document, by Pepita Barlow, Paulo Serôdio, Gary Ruskin, Martin McKee and David Stuckler
Milbank Quarterly: Public Meets Private: Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the CDC. By Nason Maani Hessari, Gary Ruskin, Martin McKee and David Stuckler
Journal of Public Health Policy: “Always read the small print”: a case study of commercial research funding, disclosure and agreements with Coca-Cola, by Sarah Steele, Gary Ruskin, Martin McKee and David Stuckler
Journal of Public Health Policy: Roundup litigation discovery documents: implications for public health and journal ethics, by Sheldon Krimsky and Carey Gillam
Journal of Public Health Policy: Case-study of emails exchanged between Coca-Cola and the principal investigators of the ISCOLE, by David Stuckler, Gary Ruskin and Martin McKee
Globalization and Health: Are Industry-Funded Charities Promoting “Advocacy-Led Studies” or “Evidence-Based Science”? A Case Study of the International Life Sciences Institute. By Sarah Steele, Gary Ruskin, Lejla Sarjevic, Martin McKee and David Stuckler
Nature Biotechnology: Standing Up for Transparency, by Stacy Malkan
The Intercept: Trump’s New CDC Chief Championed Partnership with Coca-Cola to Solve Childhood Obesity, by Lee Fang
Los Angeles Times: In Science, Follow the Money If You Can, by Paul Thacker and Curt Furberg
San Francisco Chronicle: Major Brands Reverse Course on Genetically Modified Food Labels, by Tara Duggan
Undark: Corporate-Spun Science Should Not Be Guiding Policy, by Carey Gillam
WBEZ: Why Didn’t an Illinois Professor Have to Disclose GMO Funding?, by Monica Eng
Democracy Now: Documents Reveal Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists & Even Musician Neil Young
San Diego Union Tribune: UCSD hires Coke-funded health researcher, by Morgan Cook
Bloomberg: Emails Show How Food Industry Uses ‘Science’ to Push Soda, by Deena Shanker
Bloomberg: How Monsanto Mobilized Academics to Pen Articles Supporting GMOs, by Jack Kaskey
CBC: University of Saskatchewan Prof Under Fire for Monsanto Ties, by Jason Warick
CBC: U of S Defends Prof’s Monsanto Ties, But Some Faculty Disagree, by Jason Warick
ABC Australia: Leaked Email Exchange Reveals Food Industry Tactics, byLexi Metherell
ABC Australia: The Monsanto Papers broadcast
Le Monde: Comment Coca-Cola a bafoué ses promesses de transparence dans les contrats de recherche, by Stéphane Horel
Le Monde: Monsanto Papers series, by Stéphane Foucart and Stéphane Horel
The Nation: Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking its Weed Killer to Cancer? by Rene Ebersole
Mother Jones: These Emails Show Monsanto Leaning on Professors to Fight the GMO PR War, by Tom Philpott
Politico: Coca-Cola gained control over health research in return for funding, health journal says, by Jesse Chase-Lubitz
The Progressive: Flacking for GMOs: How the Biotech Industry Cultivates Positive Media — and Discourages Criticism, by Paul Thacker
Freedom of the Press Foundation: How corporations suppress disclosure of public records about themselves, by Camille Fassett
Global News: Documents Reveal Canadian Teenager Target of GMO Lobby, by Allison Vuchnich
Forbes: The Coca-Cola Network: Soda Giant Mines Connections with Officials and Scientists to Wield Influence, by Rob Waters
STAT: Study pulls back curtain on contracts between Coca-Cola and the researchers it funds, by Andrew Joseph
STAT: Disney, Fearing a Scandal, Tries to Press Journal to Withdraw Research Paper, by Sheila Kaplan
Environmental Health News: Coca cola war with public health science over obesity, by Gary Ruskin
Environmental Health News: Essay: Monsanto’s ghostwriting and strong-arming threaten sound science — and society, by Sheldon Krimsky
Salon: Two Congresswomen Want an Investigation into CDC’s Relationship with Coca-Cola, by Nicole Karlis
Critical Public Health: How food companies influence evidence and opinion – straight from the horse’s mouth, by Gary Sacks, Boyd Swinburn, Adrian Cameron and Gary Ruskin
TruthOut: Secret Documents Expose Monsanto’s War on Cancer Scientists
Huffington Post: articles by Carey Gillam
Huffington Post: articles by Stacy Malkan
Philadelphia Inquirer:Coca-Cola’s research contracts allowed for quashing negative health findings, study finds, by Mari A. Shaefer
Common Ground magazine: Are you ready for the new wave of genetically engineered foods?, by Stacy Malkan
EcoWatch: articles by U.S. Right to Know
Ralph Nader: Monsanto and its Promoters vs. Freedom of Information
Gizmodo:Coca-Cola Can Terminate Health Research It Funds, Investigation Finds, by Ed Cara
Inverse:University Records Reveal Coca-Cola’s Immense Power Over Health Research, by Peter Hess
USRTK: Tracking the agrichemical industry propaganda network
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