California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

Controversy, questions surround California’s listing of weed killer as cancer cause

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By Carey Gillam This article originally appeared in Environmental Health News  on July 7, 2017. California’s official listing today of the world’s most widely used weed killer as a known carcinogen marks a milestone in what has been years of debate over the safety of the pesticide called glyphosate. But it by no means marks Controversy, questions surround California’s listing of weed killer as cancer cause