Monsanto Stunned – California Confirms ‘Roundup’ Will Be Labeled “Cancer Causing”

 California just dealt Monsanto a blow as the state’s
Environmental Protection Agency will now list glyphosate — the toxic
main ingredient in the U.S.’ best-selling weedkiller, Roundup — as known
to cause cancer.


Under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 — usually referred to as Proposition 65,
its original name — chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects, or
other reproductive harm are required to be listed and published by the
state. Chemicals also end up on the list if found to be carcinogenic by
the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) — a branch of the
World Health Organization.


In March, the IARC released a report that found glyphosate to be a “probable carcinogen.”


Besides the “convincing evidence” the herbicide can cause cancer in lab animals, the report also found:


“Case-control studies of occupational exposure in the U.S.A., Canada,
and Sweden reported increased risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma that
persisted after adjustments to other pesticides.”


California’s decision to place glyphosate on the toxic chemicals list
is the first of its kind. As Dr. Nathan Donley of the Center for
Biological Diversity said in an email to
Ecowatch, “As far as I’m aware, this is the first regulatory agency
within the U.S. to determine that glyphosate is a carcinogen. So this is
a very big deal.”

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