US EditionTrump admin backs Monsanto effort to limit Roundup lawsuits over glyphosate
The Trump administration argues states cannot impose cancer warnings beyond federal law, backing Bayer amid over 170,000 glyphosate claims nationwide, including 4,500 pending federal cases.
- The Department of Justice filed an amicus brief supporting Bayer in the case Monsanto Company v. Durnell, which could block lawsuits by cancer patients alleging harm from Roundup.
- Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018 and has spent over $11 billion settling over 100,000 cancer lawsuits related to Roundup.
- Food & Water Watch Staff Attorney Dani Replogle criticized the brief, stating it would prevent cancer patients from seeking justice.
- The case addresses whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts state laws on product warnings, potentially aiding Bayer if upheld.
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Trump admin backs Monsanto effort to limit Roundup lawsuits over glyphosate
The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
Trump administration backs Bayer's bid to curb Roundup lawsuits
President Donald Trump's administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail thousands of lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, pushing the group's shares to their highest in almost two years.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has called on the country's Supreme Court to consider Bayer's appeal.
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foodandwaterwatch.orgTrump Admin Sides With Bayer Over Cancer Patients In Supreme Court Bid to Block Pesticide Lawsuits
The Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up pesticide manufacturer Bayer’s case Monsanto Company v. Durnell, angling for a ruling capable of blocking thousands of lawsuits brought by cancer patients who allege its Roundup product was to blame. Bayer bought Monsanto in 2018, and has since spent over $11 billion settling over 100,000 cancer lawsuits related to Roundup, whose active ingredient glypho…
Trump Admin Takes Bayer Case to Supreme Court
The Trump administration has called upon the Supreme Court to intervene in a case involving Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, which was found liable for failing to warn about the risks associated with its product. Bayer explained in a press release that the case centers on the “cross-cutting question of whether federal law preempts state claims based on failure-to-warn theories” and “warrants review and resolution by the country’s top court…
Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling on Bayer’s Roundup
Lawyers for the Trump administration have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case that found the maker of weedkiller Roundup liable for not warning it can cause cancer. A jury found in favor of John Durnell, a Missouri man who developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after exposure to Roundup, which was developed by the Monsanto Company. The jury’s finding of liability was upheld by a state appeals court, and the Missouri Supreme Court decline…
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