A giant battle is brewing in Europe over the future of glyphosate, the world’s most widely used pesticide, and we’re proud of our colleague Carey Gillam and her efforts there to stand up for truth and transparency.
If you haven’t seen it, Carey’s presentation last week to a joint committee of European Parliament is a powerful explainer of the tricks and methods Monsanto uses to manipulate science and deceive regulators, the public and the media.
Slides, video and text of Carey’s presentation are posted here - please share!
As Carey said, "We have now the thousands of pages of internal Monsanto emails, memos and other documents that make it clear beyond any doubt the efforts by this company to manipulate policy makers and members of the public."
Read more details in Carey’s book Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science and tell us what you think on Amazon.
USRTK has posted two new fact sheets.
Koch-funded women’s group says eat your pesticides: They promote toxic chemicals as nothing to worry about, push tobacco products and deny climate science. Meet the women – and billionaire male funders – behind the “Independent” Women’s Forum.
Independent Women's Forum Promotes Pesticide, Oil, Tobacco Agendas http://bit.ly/2zmDjfz
Who is Dr. Kevin Folta? A leading champion of GMOs and pesticides, University of Florida Professor Kevin Folta has made many false claims and engaged in misleading activities in his zeal to promote these products. We document Folta's many deceptions here:
The Misleading and Deceitful Ways of Dr. Kevin Folta http://bit.ly/2l000Up
Folta is now suing The New York Times and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eric Lipton for defamation, and the lawsuit has moved into discovery phase. We'll be watching.
And more food news to know
- With the OK from EPA, use of Monsanto’s controversial chemical dicamba is expected to double - NPR
- In a last ditch attempt to save Roundup in Europe, Monsanto has embarked on a campaign to discredit toxicologist Chris Portier - Le Monde
- The Labour Party wants to phase out the use of glyphosate in the UK - Farmer’s Guardian
- The Monsanto Papers “shed light on possibly the biggest business scandal ever,” says Bart Staes, a Member of the European Parliament - tweet
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