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A campaign to quash lawsuits against chemical manufacturers because of their “failure to warn” about the hazards of their products failed in nine states.
Plaintiffs argue in state courts that Bayer and the EPA’s failure to warn about the potential cancer risks on Roundup labels amounts to FIFRA defined misbranding. And up until recently, the courts ...
U.S. soybean and cotton farmers are taking a different approach to weed management as the U.S. EPA reviews three over-the-top dicamba products. Jordan Bredehoft from Lafayette County, Missouri says it ...
"EPA reviews and approves pesticide labels to meet the requirements of the FIFRA Act, and glyphosate has been approved for use in the U.S. since the 1970s," Mauro said.
Bayer officials are lobbying Iowa lawmakers to revive a bill that would limit failure to warn labeling lawsuits. Bayer claims the bill is crucial to the future of glyphosate sales in the U.S. and ...
In contrast, when the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled on a case involving a Georgia plaintiff in February 2024, it found that FIFRA overrides only state requirements that are ...
"EPA reviews and approves pesticide labels to meet the requirements of the FIFRA Act, and glyphosate has been approved for use in the U.S. since the 1970s," Mauro said. "The bill advances the common ...
The label is the law, emphasizes Dunn, meaning that the Herbicide Strategy by itself does not impose endangered species requirements. The strategy elements have to be incorporated into label ...
The agency is weighing a petition submitted by 11 state attorneys general that aims to reduce failure-to-warn litigation against pesticide companies in state courts and preempt state-level ...
FIFRA’s express preemption clause declares that a state ‘shall not impose or continue in effect any requirements for labeling…in addition to or different from those required’ under federal ...
Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup . The corporation behind Roundup herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits.