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It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates just the opposite, with research tying the chemical to cancers and a host of other health threats.
In Whitewash, veteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture, exposing new evidence of corporate influence. Gillam introduces readers to farm families devastated by cancers which they believe are caused by the chemical, and to scientists whose reputations have been smeared for publishing research that contradicted business interests. Readers learn about the arm-twisting of regulators who signed off on the chemical, echoing company assurances of safety even as they permitted higher residues of the pesticide in food and skipped compliance tests. And, in startling detail, Gillam reveals secret industry communications that pull back the curtain on corporate efforts to manipulate public perception.
"Whitewash reads like a mystery novel, as Gillam skilfully uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies to convince countries around the world that its Roundup products are safe. The book unravels a tapestry of pesticide industry tricks to manipulate the scientific truths about their products while placing profits above human health and the environment. As someone who has experienced similar actions by corporations firsthand in my work far too often, I am hopeful that Carey's book will be a wake-up call for more transparency about the dangers surrounding many chemicals in the marketplace." ~ Erin Brockovich
"Journalist Gillam exposes a plethora of scientific research, legal materials, and documentary evidence recovered from corporate and government resources to paint a damning picture of the peddling of glyphosate by Monsanto and other agribusinesses...Gillam expertly covers a contentious front where corporate malfeasance intersects with issues of public health and ecology" ~ Publishers Weekly
It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates just the opposite, with research tying the chemical to cancers and a host of other health threats.
In Whitewash, veteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture, exposing new evidence of corporate influence. Gillam introduces readers to farm families devastated by cancers which they believe are caused by the chemical, and to scientists whose reputations have been smeared for publishing research that contradicted business interests. Readers learn about the arm-twisting of regulators who signed off on the chemical, echoing company assurances of safety even as they permitted higher residues of the pesticide in food and skipped compliance tests. And, in startling detail, Gillam reveals secret industry communications that pull back the curtain on corporate efforts to manipulate public perception.
"Whitewash reads like a mystery novel, as Gillam skilfully uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies to convince countries around the world that its Roundup products are safe. The book unravels a tapestry of pesticide industry tricks to manipulate the scientific truths about their products while placing profits above human health and the environment. As someone who has experienced similar actions by corporations firsthand in my work far too often, I am hopeful that Carey's book will be a wake-up call for more transparency about the dangers surrounding many chemicals in the marketplace." ~ Erin Brockovich
"Journalist Gillam exposes a plethora of scientific research, legal materials, and documentary evidence recovered from corporate and government resources to paint a damning picture of the peddling of glyphosate by Monsanto and other agribusinesses...Gillam expertly covers a contentious front where corporate malfeasance intersects with issues of public health and ecology" ~ Publishers Weekly
Carey Gillam is a veteran journalist, researcher, and writer with more than 25 years of experience covering corporate America. A former senior correspondent for Reuters' international news service, Gillam digs deep into the big business of food and agriculture.
"Whitewash reads like a mystery novel, as Gillam skillfully
uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies to convince countries
around the world that its Roundup products are safe. The book
unravels a tapestry of pesticide industry tricks to manipulate the
scientific truths about their products while placing profits above
human health and the environment. As someone who has experienced
similar actions by corporations firsthand in my work far too often,
I am hopeful that Carey's book will be a wake-up call for more
transparency about the dangers surrounding many chemicals in the
marketplace."--Erin Brockovich, consumer advocate
"In the grand tradition of Silent Spring, Carey Gillam's Whitewash
is a powerful expose that sheds light on a chemical that -- to most
of us -- is both entirely invisible and yet profoundly damaging to
our bodies and our environment. It is a deeply researched, entirely
convincing account of the politics, economics, and global health
consequences implicit in the spread of the world's most common
herbicide. Gillam has done what all great journalists strive to do:
she has made us see clearly what has long been right before our
eyes. Highly recommended."--McKay Jenkins, author of Food Fight:
GMOs and the Future of the American Diet and ContamiNation: My
Quest to Survive in a Toxic World
"Must-read...Just as Rachel Carson started the environmental
revolution which led to getting the dangerous pesticide DDT banned
over 40 years ago...I believe [Whitewash] will have the same impact
on our world."-- "Food Babe"
"Gillam lays out a truly frightening yet crucial narrative
surrounding the use of the famous chemical [glyphosate]."--
"Paleo"
"Hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative...A forceful argument for an
agricultural regulatory environment that puts public interest above
corporate profits."-- "Kirkus"
"Whitewash is a gutsy, compelling read from beginning to end...a
clarion call for action."-- "Society of Environmental
Journalists"
"'Outrage' is the only word that captures the experience of reading
Carey Gillam's Whitewash...Her exhaustive examination of the
history of glyphosate--the main ingredient in Monsanto's
Roundup--reveals that a herbicide as common as laundry detergent is
the health and environmental calamity of modern agriculture...This
is a story about what happens to public health and the environment
when capitalism overthrows the social contract and the fever for
profit poisons the heart against all morality."-- "Sierra"
"A hard-hitting investigation."-- "Environment Guru"
"A wake-up call for us all."-- "Nexus"
"As veteran investigative journalist Gillam points out in this
unsettling report on [glyphosate] and its drawbacks, most of the
positive press comes from the herbicide's manufacturer, Monsanto,
who, as the title suggests, 'whitewashed' the scientific data to
validate its safety...This is a must-read for everyone concerned
about the increasing burden of toxic chemicals in water and food,
the health and environmental consequences thereof, and corporate
influence on government agencies."-- "Booklist"
"Journalist Gillam exposes a plethora of scientific research, legal
materials, and documentary evidence recovered from corporate and
government resources to paint a damning picture of the peddling of
glyphosate by Monsanto and other agribusinesses...Gillam expertly
covers a contentious front where corporate malfeasance intersects
with issues of public health and ecology." -- "Publishers
Weekly"
"Many had waited for this book, and Gillam delivered...In a work
that evokes 'Silent Spring, ' the self-described 'Kansas girl'
closely followed the international furor over Monsanto's Roundup
herbicide...This timely and well-organized examination of one of
the world's most compelling controversies over science and
agriculture is well-researched and beautifully written."-- "Rachel
Carson Environment Book Award"
"Presents a compelling account of this herbicide's troubled history
and a commentary on corruption in the agriculture industry."--
"CHOICE"
"Though investigative reporting, Gillam unveils Monsanto's dubious
playbook, from bankrolling supportive scientists to blackballing
critics and strong-arming regulators...Whitewash's release could
not be better timed."-- "Pesticide Action Network"
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