Investigative journalist Carey Gillam writes about Monsanto, the global agri-chemical corporation, which recently merged with Bayer and is now worth $60 billion. In a recent court battle in San Francisco, the company lost against one individual groundskeeper who is dying from lymphoma. DeWayne “Lee" Johnson attributes his cancer to the use of Monsanto’s ubiquitous weedkiller,RoundUp. He won $289 million in compensation. This landmark lawsuit has opened the door for hundreds of other cancer cases to proceed to trial. For her work, Gillam received the prestigious Rachel Carson Book Award for unveiling decades of corporate secrets and deceptive tactics by powerful pesticide companies, and exposing how the corporate pursuit of profits has taken priority over protection of the public. Image: Bookcover
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