<p style="">Wisner is the attorney who won a $289 million award from Monsanto on behalf of a California school groundskeeper dying of cancer. A jury concluded that a weed killer made by Monsanto likely caused his disease.</p><p>Segedie is the "mommy blogger" behind <a href="https://www.mamavation.com/" target="_blank">Mamavation.com</a> and author of "Green Enough," a how-to guide for parents struggling to make reasonably healthy choices amid the myriad confounding and conflicting choices and advice available (Full disclosure: EHN.org founder and chief scientist helped Segedie with the science).</p><p>Two takeaways from their conversation:</p><ol class="ee-ol"><li>Methods for evaluating chemicals in the United States is coming up short and needs to change, and</li><li style="">Monsanto and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have too chummy a relationship, as evidenced by the legal documents Wisner unearthed in the Monsanto trial.</li></ol><p style="">The <a href="http://www.foxla.com/home/glyphosate-breakfast-cereal-controversy-is-it-safe-to-feed-my-children-cereal-for-breakfast-" target="_blank">full segment on Los Angeles' Fox 11</a> is worth a deeper listen, along with our <a href="https://www.ehn.org/mamavation-founder-uses-a-sailors-mouth-to-help-moms-avoid-toxics-2547956121.html" target="_blank">Q&A with Segedie</a> about her book.</p>
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