Whitewash : the story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science /

It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gillam, Carey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Monsanto Company. Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects. Agricultural innovations > Social aspects > United States. Pesticides > Environmental aspects. Pesticides > Social aspects > United States. HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Cancer. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : A silent stalker
What killed Jack McCall?
An award-winning discovery
The "roundup ready" rollout
Weed killer for breakfast
Under the microscope
Spinning the science
A poisoned paradise
Angst in Argentina
Uproar in Europe
When weeds don't die, but butterflies do
Under the influence
Seeking solutions.