The Monsanto papers : deadly secrets, corporate corruption, and one man's search for justice / Carey Gillam.

Author: Gillam, Carey 1963- author.

Note:"On August 10, 2018, a jury ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to a 46-year-old groundskeeper named Dewayne Johnson who had developed terminal cancer after using the company's popular weed killer, Roundup. The Monsanto Papers follows the events leading up to that landmark verdict, bringing readers inside the David-versus-Goliath legal battle between a group of young plaintiff's attorneys and one of the world's largest companies. Like Gillam's first book, Whitewash, The Monsanto Papers will explore corporate corruption and the health threats posed by pesticides, but it will also show what it takes to hold powerful interests accountable through our legal system. Dewayne Johnson's case is not isolated but just the first big legal win against Monsanto; in June 2020, Monsanto's German owner, Bayer AG, agreed to pay out $10.9 billion to settle close to 100,000 claims brought by cancer patients and their families"-- Provided by publisher.

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