💣 If you haven't yet read this @Fakir_ article, now is the time!
We learn how a journalist wrote articles under false identities to influence public opinion, including articles aimed at discrediting @IARCWHO after it classified #glyphosate as a probable carcinogen 🧐
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We learn how a journalist wrote articles under false identities to influence public opinion, including articles aimed at discrediting @IARCWHO after it classified #glyphosate as a probable carcinogen 🧐
Good🧵
https://twitter.com/GlyphoScore/status/1541914038212370433
@Fakir_ @IARCWHO These ghostwritten pieces on #glyphosate contain the usual pesticide lobby talking points:
👉Comparison with table salt
👉Glyphosate prevents world hunger
👉@IARCWHO's view is at odds with regulatory agencies
👉Suspect links with environmental groups
👉Comparison with table salt
👉Glyphosate prevents world hunger
👉@IARCWHO's view is at odds with regulatory agencies
👉Suspect links with environmental groups
https://twitter.com/GlyphoScore/status/1541914046320066560
@Fakir_ @IARCWHO The pieces of the puzzle fit together:
Remember! Just the year before, #Monsanto had paid scientists to sign ghostwritten papers criticizing the same @IARCWHO conclusions:
Remember! Just the year before, #Monsanto had paid scientists to sign ghostwritten papers criticizing the same @IARCWHO conclusions:
@Fakir_ @IARCWHO And a year later, a PR agency working for #Monsanto set up fake farmer groups to defend the use of #glyphosate and even published a ghostwritten op-ed in the financial daily paper @LesEchos under a farmer's name (GMWatch wrote about this PR operation here gmwatch.org/en/106-news/la…)
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