Glyphosate to Join Prop. 65 List

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced that glyphosate will be listed under the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65). In September 2015, OEHHA announced its findings on the carcinogenicity of glyphosate, a chemical used in pesticides that has been targeted in several putative class actions challenging whether a product can be “natural” if its ingredients retain some glyphosate residue from the growing process. The effective date of listing and the proposed safe harbor level will be determined after a California appeals court rules on a stay.

Issue 630