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Carey Gillam

Carey Gillam is the author of Whitewash- The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science and managing editor of The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group

August 2024

  • A close-up of a woman washing a handful of cherries under the sink

    Our unequal earth
    Peel those apples: washing produce doesn’t remove pesticides, study finds

    Another report found pesticide levels posing ‘significant risks’ in 20% of tested fruits and vegetables

July 2024

  • A large grassy field with three robotic weedkillers moving through openings

    Our unequal earth
    Could robot weedkillers replace the need for pesticides?

    The robotic services allow farmers to rely less on chemicals. ‘This solves a lot of problems,’ workers say

May 2024

  • insecticide being sprayed

    EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides

    US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges

March 2024

  • Flare stack at petroleum refinery in Port Arthur Texas<br>M31J6P Flare stack at petroleum refinery in Port Arthur Texas

    Big oil uncovered
    ‘Explosive growth’ in petrochemical production poses risks to human health

    New report warns of deadly health risks from fossil fuel pollution, including alarming rise in neurodevelopmental issues

February 2024

  • Black pregnant belly with woman's hands cradling it.

    Our unequal earth
    Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – study

    Seventy percent of pregnant women in state had herbicide dicamba in their urine, up from 28% in an earlier study

December 2023

  • Tractor spraying pesticides over a green field

    America's dirty divide
    Former EPA official says agency fails to protect public from toxic pesticides

    Karen McCormack says regulators at environmental agency are discouraged from speaking up about dangerous chemicals
  • Orange shelves holding the product Roundup.

    Advocates demand US suspend weed-killing chemical that may cause cancer

    Coalition alleges glyphosate, the most heavily applied herbicide in history, does not meet required safety standard set by federal law
  • A container of Roundup weed killer.

    Pregnant women near farms had higher weedkiller levels during spraying season

    Urine found to contain ‘significantly’ increased concentrations of glyphosate, which is associated with fetal problems

November 2023

  • FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. The removal of contaminated soil from the eastern Ohio site of February's fiery Norfolk Southern derailment is expected to be completed sometime this weekend, although the larger cleanup effort isn't over. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials and the railroad announced the milestone Thursday, Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

    US faces almost daily hazardous chemical accidents, research suggests

  • Bottles of Monsanto's Roundup are seen for sale June 19, 2018 at a retail store in Glendale, California.

    ‘It’s an abomination’: battle brewing over proposed US laws to protect pesticide companies

September 2023

  • Female scientist analyzing medical sample in laboratory

    ‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women

    New research finds evidence that exposure to PFAS and phenols increases odds of certain ‘hormonally driven’ cancers for women

August 2023

  • Monsanto, purchased by Bayer in 2018, manufactured PCBs from the 1930s to the late 1970s for use in coolants and lubricators in electrical equipment.

    US mother accuses GE and Bayer of causing son’s cancer

    Crystal Czerno says GE knowingly contaminated nine-year-old son’s school playground with PCB waste while downplaying harm

July 2023

  • A pregnant woman holding her stomach

    Researchers find evidence of ‘forever chemicals’ in blood of pregnant women

    At least 97% of the blood samples contained a type of PFAS known as PFOS, associated with multiple serious health problems

June 2023

  • PFAS foam gathers at the the Van Etten Creek dam in Oscoda Township, Michigan. PFAS have been used in an extensive array of consumer and industrial applications.

    Top US chemical firms to pay $1.2bn to settle water contamination lawsuits

  • tractor with the help of a sprayer sprays liquid fertilizers on young wheat in the field.<br>Tractor with the help of a sprayer sprays liquid fertilizers on young wheat in the field. The use of finely dispersed spray chemicals.

    America's dirty divide
    Revealed: The secret push to bury a weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease

February 2023

  • EPA emergency response member agitates water to check for chemicals settled at the bottom after a train derailment in Ohio.

    America's dirty divide
    Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days

    Guardian analysis of data in light of Ohio train derailment shows accidental releases are happening consistently

January 2023

  • The study findings come after the CDC reported last year that more than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults contained glyphosate.

    People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study

    Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress

October 2022

  • Nebraska farmer Roger Danielson, 66, is still adjusting to the changes Parkinson’s has forced on his life after he was diagnosed with the disease in 2021.

    America's dirty divide
    Why does the US allow a controversial weedkiller banned across the world?

    Paraquat is outlawed in the EU, UK, Switzerland and China as a growing chorus of US advocacy groups demand the EPA change its position
  • Ron (left) and Mary Niebruegge stand for a portrait at the family’s farm in Valmeyer, Ill., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Ron Niebruegge is one of the plaintiffs who is suing Syngenta and Chevron, the maker and distributor of weed-killing pesticide paraquat. The lawsuits allege that the pesticide, banned in more than 30 countries including China, causes Parkinson’s disease. Niebruegge has Parkinson’s, with no genetic markers for the disease, after a lifetime of farming and decades of using paraquat. (Photo by Whitney Curtis for The Guardian)

    America's dirty divide
    These farmers have Parkinson’s disease – and claim a weedkiller is to blame

    One pesticide popular with US farmers has been prominently linked to the disease: a weedkiller called paraquat
  • Paraquat, a chemical that has been feared to be linked to Parkinson's disease.

    America's dirty divide
    Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease

    Cache of documents seen by Guardian detail effort to refute scientific research into paraquat and derail nomination of key EPA adviser
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