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Whitewash (book)

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Whitewash
AuthorCarey Gillam
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMonsanto, Glyphosate, Agrochemicals
GenreNon-fiction
Published2017, Island Press
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages272 pages
ISBN978-1-61091-832-9
OCLC1008984426
Websiteislandpress.org/book/whitewash

Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science is a 2017 non-fiction book by American investigative journalist, and former senior Reuters correspondent, Carey Gillam. It was published October 10, 2017 by Island Press, a nonprofit, environmental publisher. Whitewash details how corporate interests influence the science behind American agriculture, allowing the potentially cancer-causing Monsanto herbicide glyphosate[1] to be used liberally throughout the industry.[2][3] The book contains accounts from farm families with cancers they believe were caused by glyphosate, and scientists whose reputations were impugned for publishing writings that challenged "business interests".[4] Whitewash won the 2018 Rachel Carson Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists as well as "Outstanding Book of the Year" from the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018. Whitewash has been translated into Dutch and into Chinese for publication in Taiwan.

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