Acquired by Bayer in 2018, Monsanto continues to claim that glyphosate is safe for human use, but revelations are exposing the well-orchestrated platform it's using to deceive the public.
One report, “Poison Merchants: How Monsanto Sold the World a Toxic Pesticide,” illuminates the misinformation, scientific denial and manufactured doubt at the core of the pesticide industry's public relations playbook.
Focusing on the herbicide glyphosate as a case study, the report is the first comprehensive review of Monsanto's product defense strategy, including the disinformation tactics it used to manipulate science and attack scientists and journalists who raised concerns about the health and environmental risks of its flagship product, the most used herbicide in the world.
The report also reveals astroturf operations, as well as front groups, professors, journalists and others that Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) relied on to protect its profits from glyphosate despite decades of science linking the toxic chemical to the cancer, reproductive impacts and other serious problems. health concerns.
“The pesticide industry is not just following in the footsteps of Big Tobacco and Big Oil, they co-wrote the playbook — from their attacks on 'Silent Spring' author Rachel Carson 60 years ago to the recent Monsanto-led assault on the cancer researchers of the World Health Organization,” said Stacy Malkan, lead author of the report and co-founder of U.S. Right to Know.
One report, “Poison Merchants: How Monsanto Sold the World a Toxic Pesticide,” illuminates the misinformation, scientific denial and manufactured doubt at the core of the pesticide industry's public relations playbook.
Focusing on the herbicide glyphosate as a case study, the report is the first comprehensive review of Monsanto's product defense strategy, including the disinformation tactics it used to manipulate science and attack scientists and journalists who raised concerns about the health and environmental risks of its flagship product, the most used herbicide in the world.
The report also reveals astroturf operations, as well as front groups, professors, journalists and others that Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) relied on to protect its profits from glyphosate despite decades of science linking the toxic chemical to the cancer, reproductive impacts and other serious problems. health concerns.
“The pesticide industry is not just following in the footsteps of Big Tobacco and Big Oil, they co-wrote the playbook — from their attacks on 'Silent Spring' author Rachel Carson 60 years ago to the recent Monsanto-led assault on the cancer researchers of the World Health Organization,” said Stacy Malkan, lead author of the report and co-founder of U.S. Right to Know.
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