Description
Book SynopsisA behind-the-scenes look inside three key trials involving Monsanto's weed killer Roundup, cancer, and the search for justicewritten by an expert witness medical oncologist who lived it all. For years, Monsanto declared that their product Roundup, the world's most widely used weed killer, was safe. But that all changed in 2015, when the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) analyzed data from scientific studies and concluded that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is probably carcinogenic.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disagreed, other regulatory agencies got involved, and scientists clamored to understand the link between glyphosate and cancer. Toxic Exposure tells the true story of numerous patients who developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer, after using Roundup and their ensuing trials against Monsanto (now owned by Bayer, one of the largest agrochemical companies in the world). Written by Chadi Nabhan, MD, MBA, a cancer specialist, t
Trade ReviewThe author describes keeping his compassion for patients front and center despite tough grilling by Monsanto's lawyers and sharpening his resolve by remembering that he was there to help ameliorate suffering.Readers are invited along for the ride: sweating on the witness stand, hanging on the lawyers' every word, hoping for the truth to prevail.
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Civil EatsTable of ContentsAuthor's Note
Preface
Chapter 1. The Phone Call
Chapter 2. The First Meeting
Chapter 3. The EPA
Chapter 4. Meeting Mr. Johnson
Chapter 5. The Night Before the Daubert Hearing
Chapter 6. Coming to America
Chapter 7. Daubert Day
Chapter 8. The Johnson Trial Begins
Chapter 9. My Trial Testimony
Chapter 10. The Johnson Verdict
Chapter 11. Hardeman
Chapter 12. The Second Trial Begins
Chapter 13. Verdicts
Chapter 14. Pilliods
Chapter 15. The Third Trial Begins
Chapter 16. Another Day in Court
Chapter 17. Judgment
Chapter 18. Endings
Glossary
Resources
Acknowledgments
