Plaintiffs, including the ISA, seek dilatory and injunctive relief against the OEHHA to prevent it from mandating false, misleading and highly controversial cancer warnings concerning the herbicide.
Who are the other plaintiffs?
The plaintiffs include the National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, U.S. Durum Growers Association, Agri-Turf Distributing LLC, Missouri Farm Bureau, South Dakota Agri-Business Association, Western Plant Health Association, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Monsanto Co., Associated Industries of Missouri and the Agribusiness Association of Iowa.
Leeds says, "The International Agency for Research on Cancer's arbitrary determination that glyphosate negatively impacts consumers and food producers sets a dangerous precedent and threatens the continued availability of other valuable food production tools."
Leeds: "The unreasonable listing by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment of glyphosate as a carcinogen as compelled by Prop 65 is unreasonable. Should labeling proceed, the ripple effect could mean environmental concerns and increased production costs to be passed along to the consumer. And a threat to the viability of the state and country's soybean crop given intensified weed pressures."
He says, "Glyphosate is one of the safest herbicides ever developed and has been rigorously tested by the U.S. government for decades, continually passing as non-carcinogenic. The determination by IARC, a France-based, nonscientific organization, that glyphosate is 'probably carcinogenic' counters the conclusion of every global regulator that has examined the issue over the past 40 years. Not only does the scientific community disagree with IARC's findings, the organization's internal process for reviewing glyphosate -- along with other 'possible' or 'probable carcinogens' like french fries and coffee -- has also been roundly criticized.
"The Iowa Soybean Association is proud to join other plaintiffs, including the Agribusiness Association of Iowa, in defending farmers, science and a safe and abundant food supply."
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