The EPA is meant to protect us. The Monsanto trials proves it isn’t | Nathan Donley and Carey Gillam
Three public trials involving Monsanto have raised troubling questions about lax oversight of all pesticides by the Environmental Protection Agency
Ever since Monsanto introduced its line of Roundup weedkillers to the world in 1974, the products have been touted by the company and regulators as extremely safe. The EPA reiterated that stance last week.
But the emergence of long-held corporate secrets in three public trials has revealed a covert campaign to cover-up the pesticide’s risks and raised troubling questions about lax oversight of all pesticides by the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory agencies that are supposed to be protecting public health.