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GMO Advocate Says Monsanto's Roundup Safe to Drink, Then Refuses Glass

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2017–2021, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN brings it up as a sardonic example of industry spokespeople not trusting their own safety claims, not as a recommendation.

A CBC News clip in which GMO advocate Patrick Moore claims glyphosate, the key ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup, is safe to drink, then declines when offered a glass.

1 citations · 2 critical · News · news from the time

3 Hacker News comments

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@burntrelish1273 Aug 2017 Cites it
on HN thread Monsanto leaks suggest it tried to ‘kill’ cancer research about weed killer
There's a video where a Monsanto lobbyist spouts circular talking-points about how glyphosate was safe to drink, offered either Round Up or glyphosate and refused to drink it. [this video] It's irrelevant if glyphosate alone is cancerous or not, because 99.9999% of deployment is via sprays like Round Up. The combined product , in both animal and human models, need thorough mutagenic research. It's just news shows don't want to give Monsanto free advertising or face libel laws, so they conflate the generic compound with the product.
Lobbyist refuses to drink Roundup on camera.
@jdjkckfkrrn May 2021 Pushes back
on HN thread Scientists OK plan to release one million tonnes of waste water from Fukushima
Remember when the Monsanto lobbyist/scientist said that their glyphosate pesticide Roundup is so safe you can drink it? To his surprise, he was offered a glass of it, and refused it, saying "I'm not stupid", and "I'm not an idiot", while insisting it's harmless to humans: [this video] How about we release this waste water in Japan's rivers, upstream of their purification plants, if it's so safe. Surely it will be thoroughly diluted by the time it ends in the tap water, below the radioactivity of a banana.
@rubyist5eva Oct 2021 Pushes back
on HN thread Drug made of car exhaust filters alarms Congo's capital
This comment reminds of when Patrick Moore defended glyphosate and said you could drink a whole quart of it and it wouldn't hurt you - then when offered one by the reporter doing the interview danced around refusing to do it on the record. Good times. [this video]

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