California fights Monsanto on labels for popular weed killer
Story Date: 1/27/2017

 

Source: Scott Smith, ASSOCIATED PRESS, 1/26/17


A battle over the main ingredient in Roundup, a popular weed killer sprayed by farmers and home gardeners worldwide, is coming to a head in California, where officials want to be the first to label the chemical with warnings that it could cause cancer.
Monsanto rejects any health risk of its top-selling herbicide. The chemical giant sued the nation's leading agricultural producer to block the labels, arguing that the state unconstitutionally...

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