Video: Monsanto Lobbyist Claims Glyphosate Safe to Drink, Refuses to Drink It
Agribusiness giant Monsanto has agreed to pay a fine for failing to report hundreds of uncontrolled releases of toxic chemicals at a plant in Idaho. Monsanto will pay $600,000, a tiny fraction of the more than $240 million in profits from the last quarter alone. Meanwhile, footage has emerged of a lobbyist claiming Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller is safe to drink, but then refusing to drink it. Pat Moore, a former Greenpeace activist turned corporate lobbyist, made the remarks in an interview for a documentary with the French channel Canal+.
Pat Moore: "You can drink a whole quart of it, and it won’t hurt you."
Paul Moreira: "You want to drink some? We have some here."
Pat Moore: "I’d be happy to, actually. Not, not really, but ..."
Paul Moreira: "Not really?"
Pat Moore: "I know it wouldn’t hurt me."
Paul Moreira: "If you say so, I have some glyphosate."
Pat Moore: "No, no, I’m not stupid."
Paul Moreira: "Ah, OK. So you …"
Pat Moore: "No, but I know ..."
Paul Moreira: "... said it’s dangerous, right?"
Pat Moore: "No. People try to commit suicide with it and fail, fairly regularly."
Paul Moreira: "No, no, but let’s tell the truth. It’s dangerous."
Pat Moore: "It’s not dangerous to humans. No, it’s not."
Paul Moreira: "So you are ready to drink one glass of glyphosate?"
Pat Moore: "No, I’m not an idiot. Interview me about golden rice. That’s what I’m talking about."
Paul Moreira: "We did. We did. We did."
Pat Moore: "OK. Then it’s finished."
Paul Moreira: "Except it’s ..."
Pat Moore: "Then the interview is finished."
Paul Moreira: "That’s a good way to solve things."
Pat Moore: (getting up to leave) "Yeah. You’re a complete jerk."
Earlier this week, a report by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer found glyphosate, a main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, likely causes cancer.
Source: http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/27/headlines#32711
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