The issue focused on the state of public health.

"I can't get all the children to be healthy, and I have a lot of work to do in that area," he said. "It is not for me to say who's at risk. It is for you to make your own decision. We are now back to pre-Monsanto."

Horton was one of more than two dozen local leaders to sign a statement about the study. The group — which included city officials