Carey Gillam
Columnist and Contributor at The Guardian
Managing Editor at The New Lede
Journalist -Managing Editor of @TheNewLedeNews; 17 years @Reuters; Author of Whitewash & The Monsanto Papers; @Guardian contributor, @nytimes freelancer
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5 days ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
Residents of a Michigan community whose drinking water was polluted with toxic chemicals from a long-shuttered paper mill continue to have high levels of the compounds in their bodies, even years after the community switched to alternate water supplies, according to a new study.
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1 week ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
In the years after World War II, the smog in Los Angeles was so thick that at times people could see no farther than three blocks. Despite efforts to limit emissions from power plants and oil refineries, the eye-burning, lung-choking blanket of smog remained. Then, in the 1950s, groundbreaking research by a biochemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Arie Haagen-Smit, determined that the main culprit was automobile exhaust.
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1 week ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
By Timothy WiseOn March 17, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo signed into law a constitutional reform banning the cultivation of genetically modified corn. The action followed a December ruling by a trade tribunal, under the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement, in favor of a US complaint that Mexico’s 2023 presidential decree, with broad restrictions on the consumption of GM corn, constituted an unfair trade practice by prohibiting the use of GM corn in tortillas.
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1 week ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
By Hans van Scharen and Nina Holland, Corporate Europe ObservatoryGerman agrochemical company Bayer — last week holding its annual shareholders meeting (AGM) – should not be seeking legal impunity. Nor should any other corporation. In an open letter to Bayer’s shareholders, over 100 organizations from the EU, US and around the world warned them that Bayer is doing precisely that.
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2 weeks ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
Farm groups were cheering moves announced this week by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will alter endangered species protections to allow for easier use of certain pesticides in agriculture.
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Senator Marshall Plans to Introduce MAHA Food Additive Legislation via @CivilEats https://t.co/dvKHUo9jMW
German agrochemical company @Bayer should not be seeking legal impunity. Nor should any other corporation, says @corporateeurope @thenewledenews https://t.co/xstBeTBcPF
“Chemicals are an integral part of the modern world,” Jacqueline Alvarez, @UNEP, said. "But too often, exposure to harmful chemicals through food, consumer products, and the environment can have severe consequences for people and the planet.” https://t.co/byVDG8V95A via @cenmag
