that included people inside monsanto. people who worked at monsanto. who i think you nailed it the soda springs story for me was when your point about them having very reasonable expectations was just hit me in the face. i think i was a writer what i learned during t that process is you have to go to these places if you're going to write about them. i think as historians and this may not seem odd at all but for historians we are so often i' the archives and we do not venture out from that space. think with new america did was spurn me too go get the story listen to people are saying on the grout and in soda springs i expected to show up, this by the way is a town of 3000 people in idaho. almost no one knows it but the olocation where monsanto manufactures its round up. as someone who is always been interested in supply chain i wanted to go to the source of round to talk about this the effects of using roundup, which i do talk about in the book. but he wanted to get to the story of how it's actually made. i went to soda springs, is an active superfund s

monsanto is different. everywhere in synthetic fibers and our clothes, synthetic rubber in our shoes. i'm looking around my desk and can't think of a non-monsanto related product but it was hidden in plain sight. for me that was the story, and what was interesting about the business model is they got that. they sold to industry, the industry serves mankind and the idea for them is if we can convince a few farmers to buy our seeds and the company to buy our plastics the market will explode. part of the story is tracing those stories of business partnerships that led to tremendous growth over the 20th century. >> able to do many things, in some ways biographical sketch of the various men in that period of time. the rise in the us as a leader in global capital. people who are engaging this book today when they think of monsanto, this kind of big agriculture of the producer, peach growers who are trying to pledge toward the giant corporate bad guy, this book is engaging to tell the story and one strength then i

monsanto was different. it was everywhere, in the synthetic fibers and then the clothes in our close by, the synthetic rubber in our shoes. all over the place. i'm looking around my desk and i can't think of a non-monsanto related synthetic product, but we don't really acknowledge that, right? it was kind of there but hidden in plain sight.l so for me that was a story i wanted to tell you one last thing on that, i think most interesting about their business model is they got that. they sold the industry. their slogan was serving industry, which served mankind. the idea for them was always if we can convince a few farmers to buy our seeds, if we can convince this company to buy our plastics, well then the market will explode for the staff and i think part of the story is about tracing those stories of those business partnerships led to this tremendous growth over the 20th century. do many things wie topic. it is in some ways a biographical sketch of the various men that ran monsanto during these different per

it wasn't about monsanto. it was about all the other people who are mentioned kind of in passing and companies that were associated like budweisers in here. for example, we wanted to make sure those firms especially were that we had it right because it's not just the company writing about but often the people that come up in the conversation that are part of that story and i didn't think about that and then that same kind of pain so you had access to their internal archive, but i imagine there are some other hurdles and researching and writing the book other than the pandemic and then the clearances what else were some of the the challenges and getting this out the door. yeah, and i should say that this corporate records were great. but like any corporate records that a corporation is going to let you see, you know, i was very aware that i was not going to be that was not going to be the full story and but it was a great place to triangulate from you know, i'd be able to find a name or find a city and then be

it didn't have access to monsanto studies. so the conclusions were based on different sets of data . the question is, how reliable is monsanto's data? these are induced use industry studies that are conducted are largely low locked in their own clarity, but largely very shoddy in terms of their methodologies, jamante z fleet canals. mila is a cancer research at the university of vienna. he's assessed 60 for industry studies. the manufacturers were forced published these studies off to an end, cio filed a suit with the european court of justice. can us malice says that 85 percent of them was scientifically under pop. dish told him d phone going to her ogden funding the studies that were assessed and taken into account by the authorities by the health authorities are out of date. is julian since 2 weeks for i that the method used here cause extremely unreliable that is extreme own. so felicity can only detect $4.00 to $5.00 of trend carcinogens. noor philip is for you may just as well throw some dice, does haste to colonel wilfr

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. >>> monsanto is being gone after after pcbs contamination. the county has of thed out of a class action settlement, but it would only provide a minimum amount of money for cleanup costs. they said that monsanto knew about the dangers, but miss l.e.d. the public. the chemicals are known to cause a wide rang of cancers. in a statement to kpix 5, the company said they never disposed pcbs in the state. >>> washington d.c. police on the hunt for this person of interest in a shooting that left four people wounded. late this afternoon, gunshots erupted in a neighborhood near a prep school, leading to an active manhunt, with police going door too door. police believe the shooter may have live-streamed the attack. three people were shot, and are in stable condition. the fourth victim who was grazed by a bullet said it happened as she was picking up kids from school. >> a bullet came from behind me, and it grazed my shoulder, and i got up, and, at that point, i said to myself, i need to get out of here. >> a live look now at capitol hill. house mind le

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monsanto is the creator of the weed killer. roundup.awsuit claims that monsanto knowingly contaminated the county with a compound found to cause cancer. the u.s. government banned the production of that chemical in 1978, the san mateo county da says it is monsanto's responsibility to pay up and prevent further pollution. not the taxpayers. for your money. this morning airlines may be offering refunds for people who don't want to fly. now that passengers are no longer required to wear face masks. the federal mask mandate was struck down by a federal judge just days ago. each airline is now handling the situation pretty differently. a spokesperson for delta airlines saying decisions about handling requests from those customers worried about flying with those not wearing a mask will be made on a case by case basis. meanwhile, american airlines says they have not had to deal with that many refund request just yet the u.s. department of justice has said it will appeal the ruling that struck down the mask mandate on public transportation date

. >> sam tail county and 9 of its cities and towns are suing the now defunct monsanto corporation forf removing toxic chemicals of the company allegedly left behind. the lawsuit alleges that monsanto, the creator of the herbicide roundup knowingly contaminated the county with pcbs. that's a compound that's been determined to be both carcinogenic and a pollutant. the county attorney says paying to prevent further pollution should be monsanto's responsibility, not the taxpayers. the u.s. government banned the production of pcbs back in 1978. >> today is earth day and people usually a new plant trees or maybe pick up trash to mark the occasion. but a bay area youth group wants us to rethink community cleanup and take it to the next level. they want climate justice and they held a huge rally in san francisco today to voice their demands. the event organizer spoke with kron four's justine waltman. >> i big turnout in san francisco as hundreds of people marched from un process toward city hall to demand climate justice. i had a nightmare like. >> 2 days ago that no, it was going to comb. so

. >> san mateo county and 9 of its cities and towns are suing the now defunct monsanto corporation for the costs of removing toxic chemicals. the company allegedly left the lawsuit alleges monsanto, the creator of the herbicide roundup knowingly contaminated the county with p c these compounds been determined to be both carcinogenic and a pollutant. the san mateo county attorney says paying to prevent further pollution should be monsanto's responsibility, not the taxpayers. the u.s. government banned the production of pcbs and 1978. i whether time now as we get a check on the 4 zone forecast and crime for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here launch. talk to us about the rain. we've been getting a and adding up a little bit right? yeah, they've been nice to me really the last 11 days here. >> in april, just pretty amazing to get that rain gone. that is more totals over these last 24 hours about petaluma just about a quarter of an inch, oakland, almost a half an inch a little over half an inch in redwood city union city just under half an inch to half an inch or so. >> in castle v

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the lawsuit alleges monsanto, the creator of the herbicide roundup knowingly contaminated the county with the seabees compound that he's been determined to be both carcinogenic and a pollutant. the san mateo county attorney says paying to prevent further pollution should be month centers. responsibility, not taxpayers. there. the u.s. government banned the production of pcbs in 1978. to the south bay. there will be no, sadly gilroy garlic festival this year. and in fact, there might never be won again. you may recall that mass shooting that happened at the festival back in 2019 left 3 people dead. and then you had the pandemic which forced the festival too not happen for the past 2 years. yeah, it's had its problems and >> kron four's terisa stasio has details now on what led to the very tough decision to terminate the festival. >> you know, we've worked hard to. i no way to have at and we've just hit. hit a wall. basically. that is tom klein, one of the board of directors for the gilroy garlic festival delivering the disappointing news. >> the festival is a no go this year and quite

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and then right here you can see this heavier cell starting to move into martinez, also avon and monsanto. they're getting pummeled with heavy rainfall. also towards woodside, redwood city is about to get heavy rainfall moving into 6:44 tonight. let's take it out here to the sierra. if you had any plans to head there tonight, i really advise you to change those plans. we have an avalanche warning in effect 40 to 80-mile-an-hour winds from 2 to 4 feet of snow over the past seven days and heavy snow that continues tonight. again, tomorrow afternoon or saturday would be certainly a better time to travel. we're tracking those thunderstorms into tomorrow. i got the full update coming up in less than 20 minutes. >> jeff, thank you very much. don't forget our free nbc bay area app is a great tool when the rain rolls in. you can see exactly when it will arrive in your neighborhood. just download it to keep track of the forecast. it is more accurate than the iphone weather app. >>> a notorious pedophile priest arrested for driving drunk and killing people. the victim's widow and others filled the

down in the event of nuclear explosion and by and and this continued to go into technology by 1962 monsanto sponsored the house of the future at an expo which featured an atoms for living kitchen complete with a microwave and ultrasonic dishwasher, but the idea was that the woman if the woman took care of the home and the later on the bomb. or then she would say the nation and here we have for for both children for both men both young men and young women and also their parents disney and the cold war although later on disney made some promotional films about the atom. this is concurrent with the bowman trading cards and it's again, i've left the the link to this cartoon in your resources. this is a cartoon called called cold war with goofy and here. three is with his own home bomb, which is actually a solution potential solution for his cold. so the trading cards what are they? they're a group activity, but they're also individualistic. they foster competitive competitive spirit. they teach capitalism buying and selling they include that all important sweet treat and embed the idea of relig

suit from the county and nine of the cities and towns claims that mean santa to knew about the -- monsanto knew about the health effects and misled the public about them. the pcb chemicals are known to cause a wide range of cancers. in a statement to kpix 5, they disputed the county's finding saying the company believes the case is meritless and never manufactured, used or disposed of pcbs in the state. >>> coming up, the end of know era in gull roy. why organizers are saying farewell. >> this week's jeffersona award winners is one of the longest serving volunteers at the san fr . >>> it's been a world-famous bay area tradition for 42 years. the 52 knowular gilroy garlic festival is calling it quits. the event is canceled indefinitely, they blame financial challenges for forcing them to say, firewell. more details from ryan yamamoto. >> clearly, it was over the 10 years of just losing money. that was the man culprit and man cause of what was going on with the festival and being able to be sustainable. and that was a real cause. that was the root cause of it. >> reporter: organizers first o

everything is reversed buyers swallowed mon santo for $63 billion and fell prey to a huge number of monsanto'sawsuit. bsf is hostage to russian natural gas. that is playing with fire if you are a chemical company dow has asserted itself as the world's leader in commodity chemicals thanks in part that the united states is blessed with virtual endless supplies of natural gas. even as the ceo has been doubted at every turn by everybody except me, it hit 52 today yield is still one and 4%. i have it all. there was a time when america ruled the world with the best modernization. rockefeller built everything when it was broken up, its former components were on the sale block then opec emerged in the '70s. the united states became an also-ran hostage to the demand of opec. opec plus which includes russia. we went to a giant importer with the loss of almost all energy security that changed when we embraced the fracking revolution. in less than ten years ours country's oil put doubled and our natural gas industry is second to none we are the leading exporter of liquified natural gas thanks to a frequen