CA In Battle Over Decades-Old Cancer Warning Law

CALIFORNIA -- A decades old California law that requires products to have a cancer warning label has prompted a lawsuit from Missouri-based company, Monsanto. Monsanto, which received support in its lawsuit from 11 other states, said the warning label is deceitful, Reuters reported.

"California added glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, to its list of cancer-causing chemicals in July 2017 and will require products containing the chemical to carry warnings by July 2018," Reuters reported.

The requirement means Monsanto either "include warnings on glyphosate products if California requires them or stop selling such goods because they may end up in the Golden State," the article read.

Reuters said glyphosate has long been an ingredient used for crops.

--Photo: This Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, file photo shows containers of Roundup weed and grass killer, a Monsanto brand, on a shelf at a hardware store in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)