Patrick Breysse

Collusion or Coincidence? Records Show EPA Efforts to Slow Herbicide Review Came in Coordination with Monsanto

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 of Monsanto’s top-selling herbicide. Notably, the records demonstrate that the EPA efforts came at the behest of Monsanto, and that EPA officials were helpful enough to keep the chemical … Collusion or Coincidence? Records Show EPA Efforts to Slow Herbicide Review Came in Coordination with Monsanto

Read the emails, texts that show EPA efforts to slow ATSDR glyphosate review

Update: The ATSDR published their draft toxicological profile for glyphosate in April 2019. See coverage:  ATSDR Report Confirms Glyphosate Cancer Risks,  NRDC (4.11.2019);  Some Links to Cancer Shown in Draft Review of Common Pesticide, Bloomberg (4.8.2019);  Emails Show Monsanto Cozy with Feds,  Courthouse News (4.15.2019). This article by Carey Gillam was originally published in Huffington … Read the emails, texts that show EPA efforts to slow ATSDR glyphosate review