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That part we can argue about; the upsetting part, if you bothered to actually read the article, is this:

The WaNPRC says the monkey studies have contributed to an understanding how prenatal domoic acid exposure may affect learning and memory: “These findings remain relevant to public health.”

However, there is no clear evidence that the experiments led to changes in public health recommendations.

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That's how it always goes. We're told that animal research is vitally important and needs grant money. But then when a study is actually published, we're told "that's just an animal study, you can't draw any conclusions from it".

Is it the same people telling you both things? Or different people?

That's how research works. You don't know the results in advance and 99% have no direct and immediate usefulness for the general public

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