{"id":18487,"date":"2016-03-04T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T20:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18487"},"modified":"2016-03-04T15:48:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T20:48:16","slug":"monsanto-is-suing-california-for-telling-people-the-truth-about-its-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18487","title":{"rendered":"Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"et_breadcrumbs_title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theantimedia.org\/monsanto-is-suing-california-for-telling-people-the-truth-about-its-chemicals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"left-area\">\n<article class=\"entry-content clearfix\"><b>(<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/theantimedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>ANTIMEDIA<\/b><\/a><b>)<\/b>\u00a0<i>California \u2014<\/i>\u00a0Monsanto is suing the State of California for its intent to include glyphosate \u2014 the main ingredient in its wildly popular herbicide, Roundup \u2014 on its Proposition 65 toxic chemicals list.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s decision came after the World Health Organization\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theantimedia.org\/california-just-announced-it-will-label-monsantos-roundup-as-cancer-causing\/\" target=\"_blank\">classified glyphosate<\/a>\u00a0as a \u201cprobable carcinogen\u201d in March 2015. Researchers discovered \u201climited evidence\u201d of a link between the weedkiller and non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma in humans, as well as \u201cconvincing evidence\u201d of its link to other forms of cancer in rodents. Thus, IARC decided unanimously that glyphosate is \u201cprobably carcinogenic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-post-ads\">California announced in September it would include glyphosate among the noxious chemicals under Prop 65, which\u00a0<i>\u201cmandates notification and labeling of all known to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm, and prohibits their discharge into drinking waters of the state,\u201d\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/environment\/monsanto-suing-california-trying-inform-people-roundup-causes-cancer\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Alternet<\/i>\u00a0summarized<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Monsanto has pushed back against the classification by the IARC from the beginning. Glyphosate-laden Roundup remains the most heavily used herbicide on the planet \u2014 despite an ever-widening list of nations implementing whole or partial bans on the substance.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Center for Food Safety believes the addition of glyphosate to the Prop 65 list is so imperative,\u00a0<i>Alternet\u00a0<\/i>reports the organization filed a motion to intervene in the Monsanto lawsuit on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cCFS was one of the first public interest organizations to raise awareness about how the use of glyphosate in Roundup Ready crop systems fosters herbicide-resistant weeds and increases the use of the herbicide and the detrimental effects associated with it, and has repeatedly sought to prevent the planting and approval of glyphosate-resistant, genetically engineered crops through federal litigation.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Echoing concerns of an increasingly knowledgeable public, CFS believes in transparency and the right to be informed of risks from being exposed to toxic substances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals (ANTIMEDIA)\u00a0California \u2014\u00a0Monsanto is suing the State of California for its intent to include glyphosate \u2014 the main ingredient in its wildly popular herbicide, Roundup \u2014 on its Proposition 65 toxic chemicals list. 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