{"id":60442,"date":"2017-11-15T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=60442"},"modified":"2017-11-15T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:42:10","slug":"monsanto-sues-california-says-its-undemocratic-listing-glyphosate-carcinogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/monsanto-sues-california-says-its-undemocratic-listing-glyphosate-carcinogen\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsanto Sues California, Says Its ‘Undemocratic’ for Listing Glyphosate as a Carcinogen"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the world\u2019s most hated companies, Monsanto, is like a bull in a china shop, angrily destroying everything in its path, including people and the resources we need so desperately to survive. Monsanto\u2019s Roundup, for which the primary ingredient is glyphosate<\/a>, is one of the most widely used herbicides. Over the last two decades, 2.6 billion pounds<\/em> of glyphosate was sprayed on U.S. crops.<\/p>\n

However, last year was a major milestone for public health when the World Health Organization boldly announced that glyphosate was \u201cprobably\u201d carcinogenic. Since then, government regulatory agencies all over the world have taken steps to limit and\/or properly label the ingredient\u2019s toxic effects on people.<\/p>\n

Under Calif. law, the state is required to maintain a list of cancer-causing chemicals to serve as a safety guideline for residents. Proposition 65 \u2013 the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act<\/a> \u2013 requires listed chemicals not<\/em> be dumped into sources of drinking water. Proper warnings must also be labeled on products containing cancer-causing chemicals.<\/p>\n

Monsanto may be prevented from dumping toxic herbicide into Californians\u2019 water supply<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the WHO\u2019s declaration, the Golden State naturally moved to add Monsanto\u2019s glyphosate<\/a> to its list of cancer-causing toxins.<\/p>\n

But Monsanto is having none of it.<\/p>\n

The seed giant filed a lawsuit against the state\u2019s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the agency\u2019s acting director Lauren Zeise on Thursday, seeking to prevent Calif. from listing Roundup\u2019s main ingredient as a carcinogen.<\/p>\n

Refusing to back down from their product, Monsanto insists glyphosate is safe, pointing to decades of studies.<\/em> However, the biotech giant\u2019s s0-called \u201cstudies\u201d are no longer credible after it was exposed for faking safety tests glyphosate nearly four decades ago.<\/p>\n

The revelations emerged after two independent scientists gained access to Monsanto\u2019s secret toxicology studies on glyphosate, after which they discovered the company purposely withheld evidence of tumors caused by the chemical.<\/p>\n

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The seed giant filed a lawsuit against the state\u2019s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the agency\u2019s acting director Lauren Zeise on Thursday, seeking to prevent Calif. from listing Roundup\u2019s main ingredient as a carcinogen.<\/p>\n

Refusing to back down from their product, Monsanto insists glyphosate is safe, pointing to decades of studies. However, the biotech giant\u2019s s0-called \u201cstudies\u201d are no longer credible after it was exposed for faking safety tests glyphosate nearly four decades ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000,1031],"tags":[7],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMonsanto Sues California, Says Its 'Undemocratic' for Listing Glyphosate as a Carcinogen - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/monsanto-sues-california-says-its-undemocratic-listing-glyphosate-carcinogen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monsanto Sues California, Says Its 'Undemocratic' for Listing Glyphosate as a Carcinogen - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The seed giant filed a lawsuit against the state\u2019s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the agency\u2019s acting director Lauren Zeise on Thursday, seeking to prevent Calif. from listing Roundup\u2019s main ingredient as a carcinogen. 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