SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration says it
won’t approve warning labels for products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed
at California as it fights one of the world’s largest agriculture companies
about the potentially cancer-causing chemical.
California requires warning labels on glyphosate products —
widely known as the weed killer Roundup — because the International Agency for
Research on Cancer has said it is “probably carcinogenic.”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency disagrees, saying
its research shows the chemical poses no risks to public health. California has
not enforced the warning label for glyphosate because Monsanto, the company
that makes Roundup, sued and a federal judge temporarily blocked the warning
labels last year until the lawsuit could be resolved.
“It is irresponsible to require labels on products that are
inaccurate when EPA knows the product does not pose a cancer risk,” EPA
Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement. “We will not allow
California’s flawed program to dictate federal policy.”
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