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:

LISTEN: Glyphosate, Bayer, and the courts

TNL Editor in Chief Carey Gillam joins the radio show KZFR radio’s Ecotopia show to discuss the current legal landscape around Bayer and glyphosate.

WATCH: The latest twists and turns in Bayer’s Roundup litigation battle

The New Lede Editor-in-Chief Carey Gillam talked with attorney and consumer advocate Whitney di Bona from Drugwatch about a flurry of recent legal maneuvers in the battle over Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement of Roundup litigation.

Researchers call for urgent new policies to rein in ultra-processed foods

Wide consumption of ultra-processed foods is the product of a corporate playbook drawn up by “Big Tobacco” decades ago that is contributing to a rising tide of health problems, according to a series of papers published Wednesday by the American Journal of Public Health.

University launches research project into Iowa health crisis

The University of Iowa on Wednesday announced the launch of a statewide research initiative aimed at understanding how environmental exposures may be causing a range of dire health problems experienced by people around the state

WATCH: Why Vermont banned a controversial weed killer

Vermont this week became the first US state to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide that researchers have linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease.

With governor’s signature, Vermont becomes 1st in nation to ban weed killer linked to Parkinson’s disease

Vermont this week became the first US state to ban the weed-killing pesticide paraquat, backed by lawmakers who cited concerns about research showing the chemical may cause the incurable brain ailment known as Parkinson’s disease.

Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims

Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement is a “sweetheart deal” that violates the US Constitution by running “roughshod over basic due process rights, according to a court filing Thursday that seeks to undo the nationwide program.

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.