Lizzi’s Reviews > The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice > Status Update

The judge approved to go forward with the case after Daubert. “…the question at this phase is not whether the plaintiff’s experts are right. The question is whether they have offered opinions that would be admissible at a jury trial”

The Daubert began. Plaintiffs are focusing on the 80s mouse study that showed glyphosate being potential cause of tumor, which Monsanto had debated over with EPA for years and declined a redo of the study. Monsanto argued this was confidential record but the judge determined the study from 35 years ago is irrelevant to remain confidential.

-Shift in Monsanto’s favor-a study by scientists was published (on the same day of a key hearing preparing for Daubert) stating no association between NHL and glyphosate herbicides. Monsanto used this excuse to delay Daubert.
-CAPHR (financially backed by CropLife America, a lobbying org for Monsanto) attacked and called for IARC reform.
-Monsanto pushed congress republicans to strip IARC funding.

-Brent released files to journalists after Hollingsworth failed follow the judge’s protective order stating the confidentiality designations will be automatically waived if they fail to make a motion after plaintiffs request de-designation.
-judge said the public file release was a bad faith PR move (bureaucratic bullshit kills lives and what Brent was doing-following the order to a T-was fighting fire with fire)

-Monsanto deliberately ignored many of plaintiff attorney’s procedural requests during the litigation, arrogant and condescending

-Monsanto wanted a majority of discovery files to be designated for confidentiality, plaintiffs lawyers argued “public health and safety interests outweigh Monsanto’s privacy interests”

-“dark money” secretly flowed into ACSH that attacked the integrity of IARC scientists (the amount of lobbying is crazy..their manipulation of media was why ppl kept using roundup while actively developing cancer…evil!)
-“one group secretly funded by Monsanto would often quote another group secretly funded by Monsanto, creating a covert echo chamber that magnified the company’s messaging” Twitter be like

-during the litigation, Monsanto possibly paid an international news agency to attack the legitimacy of the IARC classification, making up a false story, as well as various third party media outlets to manipulate public opinion - so it appears to be without monsanto’s influence and trustworthy - the same tactic used in the ghostwriting.