Monsanto sues Calif. agency to keep herbicide off list of carcinogens

Monsanto Co. has filed a lawsuit against California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment seeking to keep the primary ingredient in its Roundup herbicide off the state's list of cancer-causing chemicals.

In the suit filed yesterday, Monsanto seeks to prevent the state agency from adding glyphosate to the list.

In September, the agency announced it planned to list glyphosate under Proposition 65, a state initiative enacted in 1986 to notify residents about cancer-causing chemicals.

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