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Together the authors examine how Monsanto selectively interpreted toxicity studies, manipulated science, and aggressively smeared a small non-profit called
<a href="http://www.momsacrossamerica.com/" target="_blank">Moms Across America</a>, a group that detected glyphosate in breast milk samples in a small 2014 study. The organization's founder, Zen Honeycutt, was criticized for the testing because it was not a "formal scientific study."
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Her intention, however, was to use the informal study to further more formal ones, and "...to provoke a movement so that policies would be changed."
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The 2014 breast milk study wasn't the first time Honeycutt and Moms Across America alleged glyphosate was showing up in food:
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<li><strong><a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/08/25/oc-moms-group-alleges-nature-valley-granola-bars-contain-weed-killer-chemical/" target="_blank">OC moms group alleges Nature Valley granola bars contain weed killer chemical</a> (CBS Los Angeles)</strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/activists-stir-debate-over-reported-weed-killer-in-wines/article_bc4d31ec-0583-5109-a9e9-0eff6a052d0e.html" target="_blank">Activists stir debate over reported weed killer in wines</a><a href="http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/activists-stir-debate-over-reported-weed-killer-in-wines/article_bc4d31ec-0583-5109-a9e9-0eff6a052d0e.html"></a> (Napa Valley Register)</strong></li>
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There are several memorable quotes in the story that illustrate Monsanto's four-decade long pursuit of questionable toxicology, but one in particular stands out as a true affront to science:
<em>"The scientific integrity of a study should not be doubted because of the inability to observe all primary recording of data."</em>
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A solution to evaluating glyphosate's safety was proposed in 2016, EHN founder Pete Myers being one of the 14 authors: "<a href="https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0117-0" target="_blank">force some daylight between regulators and the regulated</a>."<br>
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