Bloom TV Tampa, Florida
BLOOM (TAMPA) – Investigative journalist and acclaimed author Carey Gillam joined Bloom, the globally syndicated health and wellness show hosted by Gayle Guyardo, to share eye-opening insights about the hidden dangers lurking in the foods Americans eat every day.
Gillam, Editor-in-Chief of The New Lede, has spent more than 30 years uncovering corporate corruption, regulatory failures, and chemical contamination in the U.S. food system. A veteran journalist and former Reuters senior correspondent, she is also the award-winning author of Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science, and The Monsanto Papers, which exposed decades of corporate cover-ups tied to glyphosate and other agricultural chemicals.
The Chemicals on Our Plates
Gillam highlighted that the FDA and USDA test thousands of food samples each year, consistently finding pesticide residues in a majority of them. While agencies insist that residues below EPA-set “tolerances” pose no danger, scientists and health advocates remain deeply concerned about links to cancer, neurological disorders, and other chronic diseases.
Her investigations have uncovered shocking examples:
Baby food oatmeal and even organic honey contaminated with high levels of pesticides.
Glyphosate and other chemicals showing up in human urine samples.
Microplastics and PFAS chemicals now being found in human blood and even brain tissue.
“These exposures are not isolated incidents,” Gillam noted. “They are part of a larger system of weak regulatory oversight and corporate influence that leaves consumers in the dark.”
Corporate Cover-Ups and “Agency Capture”
Gillam also discussed how lobbying and corporate power often shape government reports. A recent MAHA report released Sept. 9, 2025, originally intended to spotlight pesticide dangers, was heavily edited after agrochemical industry lobbying. References to health risks were removed, replaced with language echoing industry talking points.