{"id":39007,"date":"2018-06-28T20:13:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/news\/decades-deceit-glyphosate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:24:16","slug":"decades-deceit-glyphosate","status":"publish","type":"pan_blog","link":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/news\/decades-deceit-glyphosate\/","title":{"rendered":"Decades of deceit on glyphosate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been clear for years that the pesticide industry has too much influence on public officials and the policies they set. Veteran journalist Carey Gillam\u2019s new book <em>Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science<\/em> digs into one egregious example of this: Monsanto\u2019s (now Bayer) aggressive efforts to protect their RoundUp Ready seed and pesticide empire. Through investigative reporting, Gillam <a href=\"http:\/\/careygillam.com\/book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveils Monsanto&#8217;s dubious playbook<\/a>, from bankrolling supportive scientists to blackballing critics and strong-arming regulators.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, PAN hosted an event in Minneapolis with Carey Gillam \u2014 an evening of conversation about<em> Whitewash<\/em> and the years of reporting she has done on agrichemical corporations and the modern-day food system. Carey\u2019s analysis of what we\u2019re up against is too important to miss. If you weren\u2019t able to join us in Minneapolis, you can join the discussion by viewing her presentation below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lqFSQ-HPdSI?si=LL-v-Gbh98eI94Az\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been clear for years that the pesticide industry has too much influence on public officials and the policies they set. Veteran journalist Carey Gillam\u2019s new book <em>Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science<\/em> digs into one egregious example of this: Monsanto\u2019s (now Bayer) aggressive efforts to protect their RoundUp Ready seed and pesticide empire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":31713,"template":"","blog_tag":[126,128],"pan_blog_type":[122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pan_blog\/39007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pan_blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pan_blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pan_blog\/39007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=39007"},{"taxonomy":"pan_blog_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pan_blog_type?post=39007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}