Monsantos Roundup Must Carry Cancer Warning Label, Judge DecreesFebruary 14, 2017 By Dr. MercolaIn March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), reclassified glyphosate as a “probable carcinogen” (Class 2A).1,2The decision was based on “limited evidence” showing the weed killer can cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and lung cancer in humans, along with “convincing evidence” linking it to cancer in animals.The IARC is considered the global gold standard for carcinogenicity studies, so its determination was of considerable importance. It’s also one of the five research agencies from which the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) the California agency of environmental hazards gets its reports to declare carcinogens under Prop 65.Monsanto has vigorously pursued a retraction of the IARC’s damning report,3 to prevent California from pursuing a cancer warning on Roundup and other, newer weed killers in the pipeline, designed for use on the company’s latest genetically engineered (GE) crops.Monsanto Forced to Put Cancer Warning on RoundupTheir efforts have so far failed, and Fresno County Superior Court Judge Kristi Kapetan recently struck another nail in the company’s coffin, striking down Monsanto’s attempt to overturn California’s 2015 ruling to require Prop 65 warnings on glyphosate.4,5,6While Kapetan has yet to issue a formal decision on the matter, Monsanto says it will challenge the ruling, if upheld. As reported by LA Progressive:7″California would be the first state to order this level of labeling if this decision by the California Carcinogen Identification Committee is sustained by further court action.Monsanto previously sued the nation’s foremost agricultural producing state by filing court motions to the effect that California’s carcinogen committee had illegally based their decision for mandatorily requiring the warnings on ‘erroneous’ findings by an international health organization Trenton Norris, Monsanto’s lawyer, argued in court Friday that the labels would result in irreparable and immediate negative fiscal effect for Monsanto, because millions of consumers [would] stop buying Roundup because of the labels.”Roundup isn’t the only weed killer that would have to bear the Prop 65 warning label. Glyphosate is also found in: Ortho Groundclear, KleenUp, Aquamaster, Sharpshooter, StartUp, Touchdown, Total Traxion, Vector, and Vantage Plus Max II and others. Use Metal Free to safely detox heavy metal toxins. Dr Edwin J Travis, DC, ACN 512-321-4481