Anything starting with "Moms" is right wing astroturf, guaranteed.
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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Does MADD count?
Are moms okay?
The ones that are ok are not starting reactionary political groups.
My bias makes me immediately think that anything they're claiming should be considered suspect.
Frankly, if an antivaxxer told me the sky was blue, I'd go outside to check.
This is a case where you should find a second or third source making the same claims, as well as a better source that says how much and specifically what was found in the cookies because it's entirely possible to have dangerous things in something but at levels that are not actually dangerous, and I see no specific units being claimed anywhere.
And I mean, glyphosphate is something we've sprayed on every inch of the globe at this point anyways and is on every single thing you're going to eat, so sure, it's bad, but it's only bad at certain concentrations. (It's Roundup)
Here's MAA's article about the findings. It does include numbers, but offers no comparison to similar treats on the market. For contrast, this Consumer Reports article addresses lead contamination in Lunchables type products from several manufacturers and does a decent job explaining what their findings mean. The CR article references California's daily read consumption limit, which I think properly relevant for foods, but the MAA article references the EPA limit for lead in water. I can probably do the math to better understand MAA's findings, but I have a feeling that they're presenting them this way in order to make them seem more alarming.
I thought it was moms for liberty for a second, but after searching looks like they're some crazy antivax group. I found a 2019 interview (I dunno anything about that site but it has her just quoted at length) with the founder (Zen Honeycutt) and it seems like she's one of the "natural equals good" types of kook. She goes on about toxins and GMOs and such. I didn't read the whole thing but looks like she's moved from trying natural foods to help her kid's allergies to the antivax pipeline.
I'm not sure how much clout they have but after 5 mins reading up about them I wouldn't trust their word about the color of the sky.