Supreme Court sides with Monsanto in case over cancer risks from weedkiller Roundup

[Polybius]

The article is from June 25th:

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Monsanto cannot be held liable under state laws for failing to warn consumers about the alleged cancer risks of its weedkiller Roundup on its label.

In a 7-2 decision in the case Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, the high court found that a federal law regulating the sale and labeling of pesticide products bars lawsuits in state courts alleging that Monsanto failed to include a cancer warning on Roundup's labels.

The Environmental Protection Agency has deemed Roundup safe to use and does not require a cancer warning on its label. In its opinion Thursday, the Supreme Court reiterated that federal law requires Monsanto to use an EPA-approved label unless the EPA approves or requires a different label.

The decision was delivered by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was joined in the majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Justices Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-monsanto-lawsuits-roundup-cancer-warning/

[Scrivener7]

1. I guess the problem here is with the EPA. But still.

[Melon]

6. Yep. It actually makes sense.

You can’t sue that there is something not on a label when it’s not required to actually be on the label.

[Scrivener7]

7. But somehow the rest of the world has found Roundup carcinogenic, so the question is:

Who in the EPA got a speedboat and a summer house just after that decision came down?

[Melon]

9. In this case, a lawsuit could be filed if it was labeled

You can’t put random information on labels. The EPA regulates the information for consistency.

[Igel]

10. IARC did,

but that's a bit controversial since the author of the guiding paper was already under contract, it would appear, to be a paid expert witness in a glyphosate case a few weeks later. Or so the story goes. But IARC is the only WHO committee that made that determination. But I've read that they've also said that red meat's also carcinogenic and while I'm sure some would like to see that banned, even countries that have banned glyphosate haven't abided by that much more widespread pernicious habit. Same for some hot beverages, I've also seen claimed, but haven't checked the IARC site for that.

Another EU-sponsored committee on review of the literature didn't reach the same finding, and the EPA didn't, either, back in 2/20, and the following 5 years didn't see that revised. The EU re-authorized its use even after the IARC finding based on the EU-sponsored lit review; that authorization expires in '33. Individual countries and sub-national jurisdictions like some provinces in Spain do impose some more restrictive bans--so some allow agricultural use but not use immediately pre-harvest or in public areas. Most appear to allow widespread personal use. Some Indian states have banned it. The PRC's cool with its use. A number of other countries are also okay with it. Even Canada doesn't say it's banned, just more tightly regulated, perhaps, than in the US.

And those countries would probably--well, maybe not the PRC--ban it if it were clearly found to be carcinogenic.

"Rest of the world" might just be a slight overstatement.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. It was posted last Thursday in LBN

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143684547

It was also posted in GD st the time as well - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221328964

Remember that "Monsanto" no longer exists and is now owned by Bayer.

[Polybius]

3. Edited

Thanks again!

[Whip-poor-will]

4. Sure

Resurect the two neighbors dead from brain cancer on my road across from a glyphosate experimental farm and let them know.

A tractor trailor tanker truck every spring for the last 25/30 years.

[Cloudhopper]

5. How much did Monsanto/Bayer pay for that ruling? n/t

[multigraincracker]

8. Would it now be ok to pour Roundup

all over the EPA headquarters and SC building?