Lobbyist Claims Monsanto’s Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass
26
April, 2015
(ANTIMEDIA)
French television station Canal+ recently sat down with Dr. Patrick
Moore for an upcoming documentary. Dr Moore, who claims to be an
ecological expert and is currently the frontman for Ecosense
Environmental, stated to the interviewer that Monsanto’s weed
killer Roundup was not responsible for skyrocketing cancer rates in
Argentina.
This
is where the interview took a turn for the surreal.
Dr.
Moore insisted that Roundup is safe to drink, at which point the
interviewer did the only logical thing one could do in that
situation.
He
offered the doctor a glass of the weed killer to allow him an
opportunity to back up his statement. The following is the text from
that exchange.
TRANSCRIPT
Dr.
Patrick Moore: “You can drink a whole quart of (Roundup) and it
won’t hurt you.”
Canal+:
“You want to drink some? We have some here.”
Moore: “I’d be happy to, actually…. Uhh…Not.. Not really. But I know it wouldn’t hurt me.”
Canal+: “If you say so, I have some glyphosate, have some.”
Moore: “No. I’m not stupid.”
Canal+: “So, it’s dangerous, right?
Moore: “No, People try to commit suicide with it and fail; fail regularly.”
Canal+: “Tell the truth, it’s dangerous.”
Moore: “It’s not dangerous to humans.”
Canal+: “So, are you ready to drink one glass?”
Moore: “No, I’m not an idiot. Interview me about golden rice, that’s what I’m talking about.”
Canal+: “We did.”
Moore: “I’d be happy to, actually…. Uhh…Not.. Not really. But I know it wouldn’t hurt me.”
Canal+: “If you say so, I have some glyphosate, have some.”
Moore: “No. I’m not stupid.”
Canal+: “So, it’s dangerous, right?
Moore: “No, People try to commit suicide with it and fail; fail regularly.”
Canal+: “Tell the truth, it’s dangerous.”
Moore: “It’s not dangerous to humans.”
Canal+: “So, are you ready to drink one glass?”
Moore: “No, I’m not an idiot. Interview me about golden rice, that’s what I’m talking about.”
Canal+: “We did.”
Moore then abruptly ends the interview by calling the host a “complete jerk” and storms off.
Greenpeace,
an organization to which the doctor turned lobbyist belonged in the
1970’s, issued this statement in part in 2008 regarding Dr. Patrick
Moore.
Patrick Moore often misrepresents himself in the media as an environmental “expert” or even an “environmentalist,” while offering anti-environmental opinions on a wide range of issues and taking a distinctly anti-environmental stance. He also exploits long-gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes.
While
it is true that Patrick Moore was a member of Greenpeace in the
1970s, in 1986 he abruptly turned his back on the very issues he once
passionately defended. He claims he “saw the light” but what
Moore really saw was an opportunity for financial gain. Since then he
has gone from defender of the planet to a paid representative of
corporate polluters.
Patrick
Moore promotes such anti-environmental positions as clearcut logging,
nuclear power, farmed salmon, PVC (vinyl) production, genetically
engineered crops, and mining. Clients for his consulting services are
a veritable Who’s Who of companies that Greenpeace has exposed for
environmental misdeeds, including Monsanto, Weyerhaeuser, and BHP
Minerals.
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the video from Canal+
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