The high court struck down thousands of cases asking for billions of dollars in damage by deciding in favor of herbicide maker Monsanto and its Roundup herbicide.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Monsanto Over Roundup Labeling
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A landmark 7-2 decision struck down thousands of cases asking for billions of dollars in damage by deciding in favor of herbicide maker Monsanto. Had the decision gone the other way, the remedy would have been paid by the current owner of the brand agricultural chemical giant Bayer.
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The landmark 7-2 decision by the high court struck down thousands of cases asking for billions of dollars in damage by deciding in favor of herbicide maker Monsanto and its Roundup herbicide. Had the court ruled against Monsanto, the remedy would have been paid by the current owner of the brand agricultural chemical giant Bayer.
The verdict focused on the labeling of products overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency. Those seeking monetary remedy made the case that Roundup labels failed to warn about what they called the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. However, those lawsuits were brought in state level courts where, according to the decision, rulings against federal regulations are not valid. Officials with EPA have never added warnings to the product’s label because they have been unable to find a link between glyphosate and cancer.
Glyphosate has been removed from consumer grade products and remains commercially available for applications like weed control on row crop operations.
For Market to Market, I’m David Miller.
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