Carey Gillam
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People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study
Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress → Read More
Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease
Cache of documents seen by Guardian detail effort to refute scientific research into paraquat and derail nomination of key EPA adviser → Read More
Popular weedkiller Roundup on trial again as cancer victims demand justice
A long list of upcoming trials complicating Bayer’s efforts to escape the costly, ongoing litigation over the health effects of Roundup → Read More
PFAS testing needed for those with high exposures.
US health agencies need to move quickly to broadly test people exposed to toxic chemicals known as PFAS to help evaluate and treat PFAS-related health problems, a panel of science advisors said. → Read More
‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
CDC study finds glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular Roundup brand, present in samples → Read More
‘A worldwide public health threat’: Rob Bilott on his 20-year fight against forever chemicals
Chemical companies hid their knowledge of the damage caused by PFAS for decades. With a new class-action lawsuit, Bilott intends to hold them accountable → Read More
‘We want it back to what it was’: the US village blighted by toxic waste
Can a $100m cleanup operation save Mead, Nebraska, from putrid pesticide-laced waste that has polluted water, with health implications yet unknown? → Read More
Only two out of 11 herbicide studies given to EU regulators deemed ‘reliable’
Review of safety studies shows vast majority do not meet international standards for scientific validity → Read More
EPA unveils new strategy to address US contamination of ‘forever’ chemicals
News comes day after the Guardian revealed data that lists 120,000 sites in US that may be, or may have been, handling the chemicals → Read More
Revealed: more than 120,000 US sites feared to handle harmful PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals
List of facilities makes it clear that virtually no part of the US appears free from the potential risk of air and water contamination with the chemicals → Read More
Monsanto scientist defends Roundup safety in California trial
A senior scientist at the former Monsanto Co. told jurors in a California trial that the company’s Roundup herbicide is so safe that the scientist uses it regularly at her home, and suggests friends also use the weed killing product. Donna Farmer, who worked as a toxicologist at Monsanto for more than two decades and … → Read More
EPA exposed for hiding chemical risks, favoring corporate interests
Update September 13: EPA whistleblower trial starts today. See Carey Gillam’s report in the Guardian: ‘The harm to children is irreparable’: Ruth Etzel speaks out ahead of EPA whistleblower hearing and follow Carey on Twitter for live updates from the hearing. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a long and well-documented history of questionable conduct … → Read More
‘The harm to children is irreparable’: Ruth Etzel speaks out ahead of EPA whistleblower hearing
The former EPA scientist is among five who have come forward alleging that the agency has become deeply corrupted → Read More
Covid delays one Roundup cancer trial while another looms
The California trial pitting an elderly cancer victim against Monsanto owner Bayer AG has been delayed due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19, with proceedings now expected to resume next week in a virtual format via Zoom. Lawyers for plaintiff Donnetta Stephens say that she was a regular user of Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide … → Read More
Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds
Revelations come as Europe wrestles over renewal question for Bayer’s Roundup herbicides → Read More
Outrage as regulators let pesticides from factory pollute US town for years
Contamination from an ethanol plant in Mead, Nebraska, came from some of the world’s largest agricultural companies → Read More
Trial lawyers accuse Monsanto, Bayer of “pay-to-appeal scheme,” allege “fraud”
The lawyers who led the nationwide U.S. Roundup litigation through three trial victories and forced Monsanto owner Bayer AG into an $11 billion settlement have notified a federal court that they have uncovered evidence of fraud in a secret deal between Monsanto and a lone plaintiff’s lawyer who has not been active in the litigation … → Read More
'A sip can kill': did a chemical company misrepresent data to avoid making a safer product?
A former Syngenta scientist alleges lives could have been saved with tweaks to the formulation of weedkiller paraquat → Read More
Bayer’s class action settlement plan draws widespread outrage, opposition
More than 90 law firms and more than 160 lawyers have notified a federal court judge overseeing U.S. Roundup litigation that they oppose Monsanto owner Bayer AG’s $2 billion plan to settle future claims the company expects to be brought by people diagnosed with cancer they blame on use of Monsanto’s herbicide products. In recent … → Read More
Bayer’s plan for settling future Roundup cancer claims faces broad opposition
Dozens of U.S. law firms have formed a coalition to fight a new $2 billion settlement proposal by Monsanto owner Bayer AG that aims to contain the company’s ongoing liability related to claims that Roundup herbicides cause a type of cancer known as non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The settlement is designed to compensate people who have … → Read More