US EditionBill limiting claims against pesticide makers nears legislative finish line after tight Senate vote
- The Iowa Senate passed a bill on Wednesday with a 25-21 vote, protecting agriculture chemical companies from lawsuits over warning labels on products like Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide owned by Bayer and used by farmers across Iowa.
- Bayer, facing approximately 167,000 lawsuits and billions in litigation costs related to claims that Roundup causes cancer, is backing Senate File 394, as similar bills are considered in Idaho and Missouri.
- The bill shields companies if their product labels comply with federal EPA requirements, while opponents argue it protects Bayer from liability related to failure to warn about health risks, including cancer, despite the International Agency for Research on Cancer determining glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans."
- Bill sponsor Republican Sen. Mike Bousselot argues that failure to warn lawsuits unfairly target pesticide companies and that there is no definitive link between glyphosate and cancer, while Democratic Sen. William Dotzler counters that claims of glyphosate's safety are false and lawmakers should prioritize Iowa farmers over large companies.
- With 89% of Iowa voters opposing pesticide immunity legislation, the bill, which passed with a tighter margin than a similar bill in 2024, now heads to the Iowa House, where it will need a committee vote to advance, raising concerns among Democrats that it prioritizes corporate profits over the health of Iowans, who experience the second-highest cancer rate in the nation.
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Pesticide immunity bill advances from Iowa Senate
Iowa senators narrowly passed a bill Wednesday that would protect pesticide companies from “failure to warn” lawsuits. Similar bills have been introduced across the country, after failing in Iowa, Missouri and Idaho last year. Legislators in Georgia advanced their version…
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Iowa Senate passes bill shielding pesticide companies from warning label lawsuits
The bill would shield pesticide manufacturers like Bayer from lawsuits claiming the company failed to warn consumers of health risks if the product label complies with federal labeling requirements.
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