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Really? Company representatives are obligated to drink glassfuls of foul chemicals to prove that reasonable doses are nontoxic? Would you drink a glass of food

Really? Company representatives are obligated to drink glassfuls of foul chemicals to prove that reasonable doses are nontoxic? Would you drink a glass of food coloring?

TeMPOraL 12y ago
He is not even a company representative! He's some random environmentalist who wanted to talk about golden rice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_%28environmentalist%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_%28environmentali... It's sickening what passes on as journalism today.
- anon1385 12y ago
  Environmentalist is hardly the word I'd use to describe Patrick Moore. Professional contrarian, science denier and industry shill would be more accurate. He is certainly not some 'random environmentalist'. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patrick_Moore http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patrick_Moore
  - stfu 12y ago
    It is somewhat telling how certain people on HN all of the sudden start defending Moore...
    - Dylan16807 12y ago
      Did anyone defend his opinions? Insulting the journalist is not defending Moore. Using the title from his wikipedia page when calling him "some random" is not defending him either. I think you're seeing what you want to see...
- enqk 12y ago
  http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Moore http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Moore Patrick Moore is an ecologist who denies that humans cause climate change, and a corporate consultant through his firm Greenspirit Strategies. Moore has consulted for the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition. He has worked for the mining industry, the logging industry, PVC manufacturers, the nuclear industry and has worked in defense of biotechnology. Although Moore was once (1981, 1986) a leading figure with Greenpeace Canada and subsequently with Greenpeace International, in 2008 Greenpeace issued a statement distancing itself from Moore, saying he "exploits long gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes." [1]

Really? Company representatives are obligated to drink glassfuls of foul chemicals to prove that reasonable doses are nontoxic? Would you drink a glass of food coloring?

TeMPOraL 12y ago

He is not even a company representative! He's some random environmentalist who wanted to talk about golden rice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_%28environmentalist%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_%28environmentali... It's sickening what passes on as journalism today.

anon1385 12y ago
Environmentalist is hardly the word I'd use to describe Patrick Moore. Professional contrarian, science denier and industry shill would be more accurate. He is certainly not some 'random environmentalist'. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patrick_Moore http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patrick_Moore
- stfu 12y ago
  It is somewhat telling how certain people on HN all of the sudden start defending Moore...
  - Dylan16807 12y ago
    Did anyone defend his opinions? Insulting the journalist is not defending Moore. Using the title from his wikipedia page when calling him "some random" is not defending him either. I think you're seeing what you want to see...
enqk 12y ago
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Moore http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Moore Patrick Moore is an ecologist who denies that humans cause climate change, and a corporate consultant through his firm Greenspirit Strategies. Moore has consulted for the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition. He has worked for the mining industry, the logging industry, PVC manufacturers, the nuclear industry and has worked in defense of biotechnology. Although Moore was once (1981, 1986) a leading figure with Greenpeace Canada and subsequently with Greenpeace International, in 2008 Greenpeace issued a statement distancing itself from Moore, saying he "exploits long gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes." [1]