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Congratulations to Carey Gillam for receiving the prestigious Rachel Carson Book Award by the Society of Environmental Journalists.
There are more than 365 lawsuits pending against Monsanto filed by people alleging that exposure to Roundup Herbicide caused them or their loved ones to develop Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, and that Monsanto knew the risks. The lawsuits were filed after glyphosate was declared a “probable human carcinogen” in 2015 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization. In early March 2018, expert testimony was heard in U.S. District Court, San Francisco, Judge Vince Chhabria presiding, preceding trials in pursuit of these lawsuits.
Since 1998, Carey Gillam’s work has focused on digging into the big business of food and agriculture. As a former senior correspondent for Reuters’ international news service, and a current contract researcher and freelance writer, she specializes in finding the story behind the spin — uncovering both the risks and rewards of the evolving new age of agriculture. Her areas of expertise include biotech crop technology, agrichemicals and pesticide product development, and the environmental impacts of American food production. She is currently Research Director for the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know. Her book, WHITE WASH: THE STORY OF A WEED KILLER, CANCER, AND THE CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE, is published by Island Press.