Monsanto Lobbyist Claims Pesticide Safe To Drink; Refuses To Drink When Offered

Watch a Monsanto Lobbyist Claim a Weed Killer Is Safe to Drink but Then Refuse to Drink It (TIME)

A lobbyist for Monsanto, who claimed the company’s Roundup weed killer was safe for humans to drink a large quantity of, refused to consume some himself when offered it during a television interview with French cable channel Canal+.

Patrick Moore told the journalist that the active ingredient in the herbicide, glyphosate, was not causing cancer rates in Argentina to increase.

“You can drink a whole quart of it and it won’t hurt you,” he said.