Whitewash : the story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science

• Main Author: Gillam, Carey (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]
• Subjects: Monsanto Company.; agrochemie > environmentální aspekty > Spojené státy americké; pesticidy > Spojené státy americké; maligní nádorová onemocnění > Spojené státy americké; veřejné zdraví > Spojené státy americké; agrochemistry > environmental aspects > United States; pesticides > United States; cancer > United States; public health > United States; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs
• ISBN: 9781610918336; 9781610919234; 9781610918329
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages)

It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used...