To: United States Environmental Protection, Office of Inspector General, EPA Office of Inspector General, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Sen. Charles Schumer (NY-1), The United States House of Representatives, The...

Investigate EPA colluding with Monsanto

I urge you to immediately investigate the EPA for colluding with Monsanto.

New documents were unsealed by a federal judge suggesting that "Monsanto worked directly with federal regulators to hide the health risks of and manipulate the science behind its best-selling herbicide, RoundUp."

The documents suggested that Monsanto pressured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to not publicly release information on the cancer risks of glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp, ghostwrote research for the EPA and worked with a senior official at the agency to quash a federal review of the chemical.

Why is this important?

New documents were unsealed by a federal judge suggesting that "Monsanto worked directly with federal regulators to hide the health risks of and manipulate the science behind its best-selling herbicide, RoundUp."

The documents suggested that Monsanto pressured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to not publicly release information on the cancer risks of glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp, ghostwrote research for the EPA and worked with a senior official at the agency to quash a federal review of the chemical.

Join me in urging the EPA's Office of Inspector General and your Member of Congress to investigate the EPA for colluding with Monsanto.

Source: Danny Hakim, "Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents," The New York Times, March 14, 2017