A PR Firm Got Your Tax Dollars to Track and Dox Pesticide Critics
If you’ve followed the world of pesticides for as long as Ken has, it can be hard to be shocked. But journalist Carey Gillam (The New Lede) has dug up a story that has rattled even Ken. In her newest piece “Defend or be damned’ - How a US company uses government funds to suppress pesticide opposition around the world” (The New Lede, The Guardian, Le Monde) Carey exposes a government-funded (pssst, that means funded by your taxes) covert social network that has worldwide tentacles. Carey and Ken discuss secret dossiers on pesticide critics, including sensitive personal information of journalists and public health advocates, agendas to attack pesticide and GMO opponents, and private social networks used by pesticide industry lobbyists and government officials worldwide to conceal their collusion from public scrutiny.
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Show Notes
If you’ve followed the world of pesticides for as long as Ken has, it can be hard to be shocked. But journalist Carey Gillam (The New Lede) has dug up a story that has rattled even Ken.
In her newest piece “Defend or be damned’ - How a US company uses government funds to suppress pesticide opposition around the world” (The New Lede, The Guardian, Le Monde) Carey exposes a government-funded (pssst, that means funded by your taxes) covert social network that has worldwide tentacles.
Carey and Ken discuss secret dossiers on pesticide critics, including sensitive personal information of journalists and public health advocates, agendas to attack pesticide and GMO opponents, and private social networks used by pesticide industry lobbyists and government officials worldwide to conceal their collusion from public scrutiny.
Want a deeper dive on today’s episode? Check out the links below:
“Defend or be damned” – How a US company uses government funds to suppress pesticide opposition around the world (The New Lede)
Carey Gillam’s website ([email protected])
Poison PR Media Library (The New Lede)
Academics Review Form 990 2014
The Monsanto Papers: Poisoning the Scientific Well (National Library of Medicine)
Farm to Fork strategy (EU Commission)
Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease (The Guardian)
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