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Published May 14, 2021 at 1:00 AM PDT
On this edition of Your Call, we rebroadcast our conversation with investigative journalist, Carey Gillman, author of,
Gillam tells the story of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a California groundskeeper who won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Monsanto in 2018 after he was exposed to its glyphosate-herbicides and got cancer.
Decades of research has connected the weed killer to cancer, but Monsanto went to great lengths to hide how dangerous it was. What has changed since this lawsuit and what does it take to hold corrupt companies accountable?
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In 2018, a San Francisco jury found that Monsanto’s signature products, glyphosate-based herbicides Roundup and Ranger Pro, were associated with Bay Area groundskeeper Dewayne Lee Johnson’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with investigative journalist Carey Gillam about her new book
The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice. Gillam’s book details the extent of corporate corruption and political influence mongering that enabled the agribusiness giant to sell its toxic herbicides, Roundup and RangerPro, for decades. Gillam’s book offers an inside look at the legal fight that led to the historic 2018 verdict against the company and an intimate portrait of the plaintiff in the case, Bay Area groundskeeper Dwayne Lee Johnson.
Journal of Applied Ecology has revealed that secret ingredients used in the Roundup (glyphosate) herbicide formula are highly toxic to bees.
In addition to causing cancer in humans, Roundup contains so-called “inert” ingredients, none of which are subject to mandatory
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) testing, that researchers found are a death sentence for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Glyphosate itself is toxic to bees, and now there are other mystery chemicals being identified in the Roundup formula that are likewise toxic to pollinators, which we need in order to grow food.
“Pesticides are manufactured and sold as formulations that contain a mixture of compounds, including one or more active ingredients and, potentially, many inert ingredients,” the Center for Food Safety (CFS) revealed in a statement.