Author: Amanda Starbuck

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    EPA Gives Monsanto an Early Holiday Present

    EPA’s release of its revised assessment of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate (the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup), is just what we’d imagine Monsanto, and the rest of the agribusiness giants, […]

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    Unsealed Documents Reveal Monsanto’s Attempts to Steer EPA Science on Roundup

    Last week, a federal judge unsealed court documents pertaining to a lawsuit brought against Monsanto by users of the company’s weedkiller Roundup who have since developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The documents contain internal […]

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    Did EPA Once Again Cave to Industry Pressure?

    Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its long-anticipated Scientific Advisory Panel meeting on the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup weed killer. The panel was […]