California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing Event

Der Pflanzenmittelwirkstoff Glyphosat wird im US-Staat Kalifornien auf eine schwarze Liste gesetzt. Wie die zuständige Aufsichtsbehörde OEHHA mitteilte, wird Glyphosat ab dem 7. Juli 2017 auf die Liste der Chemikalien gelistet, die nach Erkenntnissen des Staates Kalifornien Krebs verursachen können.

On March 28, 2017, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) posted a Notice on its website that glyphosate (CAS No. 1071-83-6) would be added to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65[2] with a delayed effective date due to the pending case Monsanto v OEHHA. Monsanto’s challenge was unsuccessful in the trial court. Although the case has been appealed, no stay of the listing has been granted. Therefore, glyphosate is being added to the Proposition 65 list on July 7, 2017. The move makes California the first state to take a step toward requiring Roundup to come with a warning label.