The state of California has finalized its decision designating glyphosate, the main ingredient in the pesticide Roundup, as a known human carcinogen under the state's Proposition 65.

The listing was prompted by the World Health Organization's finding that glyphosate is a "probable" human carcinogen.

The World Health Organization's cancer research agency is widely considered to be the gold standard for research on cancer.

"When it comes to Roundup, California has become a national leader in flagging the very real danger posed by this vastly over-used pesticide," said Nathan Donley, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity and a former cancer researcher.


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