FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – California can require Monsanto to label its popular weed-killer Roundup as a possible cancer threat despite an insistence from the chemical giant that it poses no risk to people, a judge tentatively ruled Friday. California regulators are waiting for the formal ruling before moving forward with the warnings, said Sam Delson, a spokesman for the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
California would be the first state to order such labeling if it carries out the proposal.
Monsanto attorney Trenton Norris argued in court Friday that the labels would have immediate financial consequences for the company. However, Attorneys for California consider the International Agency for Research on Cancer who identified glyphosate as a probable carcinogen, as the “gold standard” for identifying carcinogens. Norris said many consumers would see the labels and stop buying Roundup.
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