Investigating a bogus food sanitizer that’s profiting off a child’s illness | Marketplace
Lucas Parker was permanently brain damaged after eating lettuce contaminated with E. coli in 2018. Now, a bogus product that claims to remove everything from pesticides to bacteria, including E. coli, from your food is exploiting Lucas’s story for profit. We test one of the devices in a lab and discover not only is the product we bought no more effective than tap water — it's outright dangerous. And one of the faces promoting that machine is an actor from Fiverr, an online marketplace for freelance services, who is willing to dress up like a doctor to make recommendations. CBC’s Marketplace put him to the test to see how far he’ll go to advertise bogus children's medicine. #Marketplace #Investigation #Testing 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - Lucas Parker’s story 06:52 - Testing the bogus food sanitizer 10:46 - Searching for the possible fugitive behind the product 12:09 - Fiverr: A paid actor wearing a lab coat promotes the product 17:33 - Lal Palliyaguru responds to the claims »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3TnHioe Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians. PROFITING OFF PAIN producer/director GREG SADLER associate producer JENNY COWLEY reporter ASHA TOMLINSON editor AARON TAYLOR camera DAVID MACINTOSH additional footage AMAZING WATER INC. FIVERR POND5 media management ASTORIA LUZZI social media producers CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI BRITT PURDY colour correction KYLE J. SMITH sound mix DANY TREMBLAY resource coordinators MARC CORMIER DRAGAN MARICIC news rollout associate producer DEXTER McMILLAN promo producer GREG SADLER senior producer TIFFANY FOXCROFT FIRST BROADCAST November 22, 2024
