Carey Gillam

About Carey Gillam

Carey Gillam is the editor-in-chief of The New Lede and a veteran investigative journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering US news, including 17 years as a senior correspondent with Reuters international news service (1998-2015). She is the author of “Whitewash - The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science,” an expose of Monsanto’s corporate corruption of agriculture. The book won the coveted Rachel Carson Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists in 2018. Her second book, a narrative legal thriller titled The Monsanto Papers, was released March 2, 2021. She also has contributed chapters for a text book about environmental journalism and a book about pesticide use in Africa. Gillam testified as an invited expert before the European Parliament in 2017 about her research, and was a featured speaker at the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, France in 2019. She also has been a keynote and/or panel speaker at events and universities throughout North America, Australia, The Netherlands, Brussels, and France. Gillam writes regularly for The Guardian. Her work has additionally been published in The New York Times, Huffington Post, Time, and other outlets. In 2022, Gillam helped launch The New Lede as a journalism initiative of the Environmental Working Group. Gillam is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Posts by Carey Gillam:

EPA failing to protect Iowa from farm pollution in drinking water supplies, lawsuit alleges

US regulators illegally backed away from responsibilities related to pollution-laden waterways in Iowa after meeting with officials from the state’s powerful farm lobby, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

With a rich payout to lawyers but little for plaintiffs, Bayer’s Roundup settlement faces critics, doubts

A class action settlement proposed in the nationwide Roundup litigation would award $675 million to lawyers who negotiated the settlement, while plaintiffs suffering from cancer would receive, on average, $10,000 to $165,000 each, according to a new court filing in the case.

Investigate Midwest panel discuss cancer, pesticides and environmental risks

TNL Editor-in-Chief Carey Gillam joined an Investigate Midwest panel discussion on pesticides and public health.

WBUR conversation on the Supreme Court Monsanto case

TNL Editor-in-Chief Carey Gillam talked with WBUR, Boston’s NPR station, about the Monsanto case before the US Supreme Court and what it could mean for the future of pesticide regulation.

US judge calls proposed Bayer Roundup settlement a “filthy” deal

In a tense hearing on Thursday, a federal judge who has been overseeing thousands of cases in nationwide Roundup litigation expressed scathing criticism of a proposed class action settlement that Roundup maker Bayer is pushing forward in a Missouri court.

No safe bets – Supreme Court glyphosate case seen too close to call

Monday’s Supreme Court hearing over a federal law governing pesticide regulations left observers largely unsure how the court will rule in the case involving the former Monsanto company and the herbicide glyphosate, with many seeing the ultimate decision as too close to call.

Supreme Court justices weigh Monsanto bid to block warning lawsuits

Members of the US Supreme Court peppered lawyers for the former Monsanto Co. with a barrage of questions over pesticide regulation on Monday, wrestling over whether federal law preempts state actions that permit consumers to sue companies for failing to warn of product risks such as cancer.