Angry mothers meet U.S. EPA over concerns with Roundup herbicide

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Angry mothers meet U.S. EPA over concerns with Roundup herbicide

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/angry-mothers-meet-u-epa-over-concerns-roundup-201357498--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AESVDTxrjqXjn4gSz3fTjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-27T201357Z_1_LYNXMPEA4Q0XG_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Bluma holds sign during one of many worldwide &quot;March Against Monsanto&quot; protests against GMOs and agro-chemicals, in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Bluma holds sign during one of many worldwide &quot;March Against Monsanto&quot; protests against GMOs and agro-chemicals, in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>A group of mothers, scientists and environmentalists met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulators on Tuesday over concerns that residues of Roundup, the world's most popular herbicide, had been found in breast milk. The meeting near Washington D.C., followed a five-day phone call blitz of EPA offices by a group called &quot;Moms Across America&quot; demanding that the EPA pay attention to their demands for a recall of Roundup. And now they've found it in breast milk,&quot; said Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America. We want this toxic treadmill of chemical cocktails in our food to stop.&quot; Roundup is an herbicide developed and sold by Monsanto Co. since the 1970s, and used in agriculture and home lawns and gardens.</p><br clear="all"/>

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