Since 2015, U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit consumer and public health watchdog group, has obtained 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 Collectionand the USRTK Food Industry Collection.
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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: 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
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
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
BMJ:Coca-Cola and obesity: study shows efforts to influence US Centers for Disease Control, by Gareth Iocabucci
Island Press: Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science, by Carey Gillam and presentation to European Parliament Joint Committee
Undark: Corporate-Spun Science Should Not Be Guiding Policy, by Carey Gillam
Washington Post:Coca-Cola emails reveal how soda industry tries to influence health officials, by Paige Winfield Cunningham
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, byPepita Barlow,Paulo SerôdioGary Ruskin,Martin McKee,David Stuckler
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
Journal of Public Health Policy:Roundup litigation discovery documents: implications for public health and journal ethics, by Sheldon Krimsky and Carey Gillam
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
Boston Globe:Harvard Professor Failed to Disclose Monsanto Connection in Paper Touting GMOs, by Laura Krantz
The Guardian:Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller for Decades, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Monsanto says its pesticides are safe. Now, a court wants to see the proof, by Carey Gillam
The Guardian: Carey Gillam’s reporting about glyphosate
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
San Francisco Chronicle: Major Brands Reverse Course on Genetically Modified Food Labels, by Tara Duggan
WBEZ:Why Didn’t an Illinois Professor Have to Disclose GMO Funding?, by Monica Eng
San Diego Union Tribune:UCSD hires Coke-funded health researcher,by Morgan Cook
Los Angeles Review of Books: Rounding up the Risks of Big Ag; review of Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash” by Elena Conis
Society of Environmental Journalists: First place Rachel Carson Book Award, Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash”
Bloomberg:How Monsanto Mobilized Academics to Pen Articles Supporting GMOs, by Jack Kaskey
Bloomberg: Emails Show How Food Industry Uses ‘Science’ to Push Soda, by Deena Shanker
CBC:University of SaskatchewanProf 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: Monsanto Papers series, by Stéphane Foucartand 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
The Progressive: Flacking for GMOs: How the Biotech Industry Cultivates Positive Media — and Discourages Criticism, by Paul Thacker
Global News: Documents Reveal Canadian Teenager Target of GMO Lobby, by Allison Vuchnich
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
Forbes: The Coca-Cola Network: Soda Giant Mines Connections with Officials and Scientists to Wield Influence, by Rob Waters
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
TruthOut: Secret Documents Expose Monsanto’s War on Cancer Scientists
Huffington Post: articles by Carey Gillam
Huffington Post: articles by Stacy Malkan
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
Freedom of the Press Foundation:How corporations suppress disclosure of public records about themselves, by Camille Fassett
USRTK: Tracking the agrichemical industry propaganda network
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