Supreme Court shuts down thousands of lawsuits that claim Roundup weedkiller might cause cancer
The 7-2 ruling bars state failure-to-warn claims because federal pesticide rules did not require a cancer warning, potentially ending thousands of cases.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7–2 on Thursday in favor of Monsanto , dealing a massive legal victory to the agrochemical giant by heavily restricting the ability of cancer patients to sue over the weedkiller Roundup.
- The landmark decision establishes that federal regulation overrides state law, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh writing for the majority that because the EPA evaluated glyphosate and explicitly determined it does not require a cancer warning, state-level "failure to warn" lawsuits are legally preempted.
- The ruling severely handicaps a wave of roughly 200,000 product liability claims, shutting the door on tens of thousands of pending lawsuits filed by home users and groundskeepers who allege they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from the product.
- The case centered on Missouri resident John Durnell, who was awarded $1.25 million by a state jury in 2023 after using Roundup for over two decades to beautify local parks; Thursday’s high court decision effectively invalidates those state court findings.
- The decision creates a complex political rift for the Trump administration, as the ruling aligns with the administration's business deregulation goals but severely frustrates Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, which has fiercely campaigned to outlaw glyphosate.
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The Supreme Court Gave a Massive Gift to Bayer/Monsanto
Republished with permission from Robyn O’Brien On Wednesday, Bayer’s stock rose 17% before trading had to be halted. That is the opening sentence. Everything else is context. In a 7-2 ruling this morning, the court’s majority held that Americans cannot sue Bayer in state courts for failing to warn them that Roundup might cause cancer. The case centered on John Durnell, a Missouri man who developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma and won a $1.25 million jur…
Monsanto Supreme Court win: Big Industry's capture of the...
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision reflects that the capture of government by big industry is nearly complete. It affirmed the right of chemical companies to injure, maim, and even kill you and your children with their pesticides, herbicides, etc., with near complete impunity. This means you can expect increasingly toxic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, etc., because the more toxic they are, the better they will kill weeds, pest…
Millions use Roundup. The Supreme Court just made a major decision about it
Thousands of people who say Roundup caused their cancer were dealt a blow in court this week when the Supreme Court opted to protect the weedkiller’s parent company from a flood of lawsuits. In a 7-2 decision issued on Thursday, the country’s highest court said that the German pharmaceutical company Bayer can’t be sued at the state level over claims that it did not sufficiently warn consumers about cancer risks associated with the herbicide Roun…
This file photo from January 26, 2017, shows containers of Roundup, a Monsanto-branded herbicide for weeds and lawns, displayed on a shelf alongside other products for sale at a hardware store in Los Angeles. Monsanto reported its financial results on Thursday, April 5, 2018. (Photo by Reed Saxon/Associated Press, file). Read this article in English: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal law protects Monsanto from tens of thousands…
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