Monsanto is asking California environmental officials to reconsider their plan to list glyphosate, the key ingredient in the company’s Roundup Ready pesticide, as a cancer-causing agent. Monsanto’s lawyers say that California neglected to consider valid scientific evidence to the contrary. California’s decision was based largely on the UN’s World Health Organization finding that glyphosate is a cancer-causing chemical. Reuters 2015 Oct 20
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