The
agricultural giant Monsanto has urged California not to list herbicide
glyphosate as carcinogenic. Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Monsanto's
Roundup herbicides and many other products across the world.
Deutsche Welle, 21 Oct 2015
The
multinational company filed its comments on the proposed list on Tuesday,
saying that California regulators were not considering valid scientific
evidence.
Earlier,
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced
a plan to list glyphosate under Proposition 65, state legislature informing
residents about cancer-causing chemicals.
OEHHA said
that their move was prompted by the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer
research committee. The global organization classified glyphosate as a probable
human carcinogen in March.
However,
Monsanto said that state's actions could be considered illegal for not taking
all valid data into account.
Listing
glyphosate as a cancer cause "has the potential to deny farmers and public
agencies the use of this highly effective herbicide," Monsanto said in its
public filing.
"Global
regulatory authorities... agree that glyphosate is not carcinogenic," they
added.
Others,
however, supported California's bid to list glyphosate as a cause of cancer.
Several farming, public health and environmental groups pointed out the dangers connected to the herbicide in a letter to OEHHA earlier in the week.
The
controversial chemical was introduced in 1974, and it is now registered in over
160 countries. It is the key ingredient in Roundup, Monsanto's popular line of
herbicides, and hundreds of other products.
However,
many scientists and health activists warn against glyphosate residues on food.
After the
WHO's decision to label glyphosate as a probable carcinogen, several firms representing
US farm workers sued Monsanto, accusing the company of keeping silent on the
chemical's effects.
Monsanto
has rejected the claims.
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