Whitewash with Busboys and Poets Books
Date and Time
Jan 24, 2018 5:30 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Jan 24, 2018 5:30 pm
450K
Join Island Press and Busboys and Poets for a conversation and book signing with journalist Carey Gillam. Fifty-five years after Rachel Carson’ Silent Spring awakened the world to unchecked pesticide use, Whitewash illustrates how deeply we have failed to heed that warning. Carey Gillam lays bare disturbing details about decades of deception behind the spread of the world’s most popular pesticide: glyphosate, known commonly as Monsanto’s Roundup. The reality is that this chemical endangers our environment and is pervasive in fruits, vegetables, bread, and even drinking water. The capstone of 20 years of meticulous reporting, Whitewash lays out the dangerous consequences of putting corporate profits ahead of public safety.
Carey Gillam is a journalist, researcher, and writer with more than 25 years’ experience covering corporate America. Since 1998, Gillam’s work has focused on digging into the big business of food and agriculture. Gillam’s areas of experience include biotech crop technology, agrichemicals and pesticide product development, and the environmental impacts of American food production. Gillam has been recognized as one of the top journalists in the country covering these issues.
This event is co-sponsored by Island Press. Founded in 1984, Island Press works to stimulate, shape, and communicate the information that is essential for solving environmental problems. Today, with more than 1,000 titles in print and some 30 new releases each year, it is the nation’s leading publisher of books on environmental issues. Island Press is driving change by moving ideas from the printed page to public discourse and practice. Island Press’s emphasis is, and will continue to be, on transforming objective information into understanding and action. For more information and further updates be sure to visit www.islandpress.org.
Books will be available for purchase before and after the event. For more information, please email books@busboysandpoets.com. RSVP HERE.
