After years of lawsuits against agrichemical companies and battles over environmental regulations, the nation’s highest court is expected to rule this summer on a case that could significantly alter the pesticide industry.
Critics say the structure of the deal provides a rich payout of $675 million in fees to the lawyers helping promote the deal, but paltry payments for the cancer sufferers who make up the class.
A new statewide study calls for more laws to guard against 'chemical trespass,' as agrichemicals were found at schools and parks across the state. The study comes just days after Illinois lawmakers rejected a bill requiring advance spray notice to those sites.
In internal EPA emails obtained by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she read into the record at a Congressional hearing Tuesday, the multinational conglomerate also told a Zeldin senior advisor it wanted to discuss its case before the Supreme Court.
Justices weigh Monsanto's claim of EPA 'green light' for business as usual while Trump’s pro-glyphosate executive order clashes with MAHA’s anti-pesticide push.
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In an opening salvo aimed at convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail costly Roundup litigation, Bayer is citing support
To keep pace with global demand, seed companies moved their hybrid research to Puerto Rico’s south coast. The result: more yield in the Midwest, a growing rift over land and labor, and questions about who benefits when agricultural research leaves the island.
Environmental advocates warn that fewer formal complaints don’t signal progress — just frustration with a system that fails to hold violators accountable.
A quiet provision in a House spending bill could shield Bayer from tens of thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuits by blocking new pesticide label warnings.
