A Fresno County Superior Court judge issued her final ruling Friday
in the failed attempt by chemical giant Monsanto to stop California
from listing a key ingredient in its popular herbicide, Roundup, as a
carcinogen.
Judge Kristi Culver Kapetan had issued a tentative ruling on Jan. 27, denying Monsanto’s request. In her final ruling, the judge said that none of Monsanto’s objections were viable.
The multinational agrochemical company sued the state Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment last
January after the agency issued a notice of intent to add glyphosate to
its Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer. The company
has denied any link to cancer through the use of glyphosate, the active
ingredient in Roundup.
Monday, January 30, 2017
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