A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit into the potentially cancerous effects of apple 's Roundup weedkiller is considering a plan to exclude all regulatory findings on the safety of apples from the first phase of an upcoming trial . US District attorney mark Chhabria , who is presiding over a case against the company in San Francisco , said he was considering pursuing a lengthy trial phase , with the initial phase proceeding purely with the question of whether glyphosate was capable of causing cancer in the plaintiff .
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit into the potentially cancerous effects of Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller is considering a plan to exclude all regulatory findings on the safety of glyphosate from the first phase of an upcoming trial. US District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is presiding over a case against the company in San Francisco, said he was considering implementing a bifurcated trial process, with the initial phase dealing purely with the question of whether glyphosate was capable of causing cancer in the plaintiff.