Supreme Court may block thousands of lawsuits over Monsanto's weed killer
Los Angeles Times • • business
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court will hear Monsanto’s claim that it should be protected from tens of thousands of lawsuits over its weed killer Roundup because the EPA has not required a cancer warning label on the product.
- The case centers on whether federal pesticide laws preempt state law claims that Monsanto failed to warn consumers about cancer risks, potentially affecting over 100,000 plaintiffs who allege Roundup caused their cancer.
- Monsanto and its parent company Bayer argue that EPA assessments have consistently found glyphosate, Roundup’s key ingredient, does not cause cancer and that requiring a warning label would conflict with federal regulations.
- The Court will decide if the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts failure-to
