Original sentence: An unamed member of the Royal Society alledgedly put strong pressure on The Lancet not to publish, including a threatening phone call to The Lancet editor.It was claimed that Pusztai had modified the potatoes with toxic Jack Bean lectin.Sir Robert May told Radio 4's Today programme: "If you mix cyanide with vermouth in a cocktail and find that it is not good for you, I don't draw sweeping conclusions that you should ban all mixed drinks
Edited sentence: A spokesman for Monsanto made false claims about the experiments, including a claim that the potatoes had been modified with toxic Jack Bean lectin, to which Árpád Pusztai could only respond "no comment".In 1998 Árpád Pusztai informed an ITV world in Action documentary that he had observed problems with the safety of GM potatoes.In reality, Jack Bean lectin had not been used in the experiments.Later the story changed again, it was claimed that Pusztai had modified the potatoes with toxic Jack Bean lectin.Sir Robert May encouraged this myth when he told Radio 4's Today programme: "If you mix cyanide with vermouth in a cocktail and find that it is not good for you, I don't draw sweeping conclusions that you should ban all mixed drinks.The Pro GM lobby put strong pressure on The Lancet not to publish, including a threatening phone call to The Lancet editor.The Rowett Institute was initially proud of these discoveries, and encouraged Pusztai to publicise the discoveries widely.There followed a cover up and sustained attempts to discredit Árpád Pusztai, involving a lot of deliberate misinformation: