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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2 days ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). In the nationwide legal battle between pesticide maker Syngenta and thousands of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease that they blame on exposure to paraquat weed killer, plaintiffs are dying faster than they can get to trial, according to a court filing made this week by lawyers frustrated by repeated delays in the cases.
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3 days ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
After a wildfire wiped out the northern California town of Paradise in 2018, federal and state disaster recovery crews took exhaustive efforts to determine if it was safe for residents to move back. First, the US Army Corps of Engineers scraped six inches of topsoil from burned lots to remove lead, arsenic and other hazardous chemicals. Then, contractors dug even deeper to collect soil samples to test for remaining toxic hazards.
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4 days ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
By Carey GillamThe scene now playing out in an obscure Missouri courtroom is one observed many times before: A veteran Monsanto scientist is spending long days on a witness stand, defending the company and its Germany-based owner Bayer against allegations that the agrochemical company’s popular Roundup weed killer causes cancer.
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2 weeks ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
By Sarah T Davies, director of communications & media, EARTHDAY.ORGAt a time when climate-related headlines often read like obituaries for our planet, Earth Day 2025 offered something rare – a reason for hope. Not the naïve optimism that suggests salvation is assured, but rather compelling evidence that we can make people act for good when we get the messaging right. This lesson isn’t new – it’s been Earth Day’s secret weapon from the beginning.
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2 weeks ago |
thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam
Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.
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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
