Snopes Claims About Glyphosate in Food
I like Snopes. So many times I've been rescued from a critical debunking excursion because someone had provided excellent analysis that I could use as a starting point. It is really disappointing to see them go soft and conflate unrelated issues that just confuse the reader. The article about the Food Babe's claims about Monsanto covering up glyphosate in food items seemed like it would follow the science and once again foist her on her own critically underpowered petard. But instead the article by Alex Kasprak just creates confusion. Even the subhead says, "Monsanto suppressing evidence of cancerous herbicide in food?" (and to be fair, Alex did reach out and we're discussing this. I do think he wants to get it right) What "cancerous herbicide?" Instead of simply letting the air out of a conspiratorial claim, he conflates three issues at once, an in the process lends credence to the crazy claim, while not critically evaluating the