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Supreme Court Shields Roundup Manufacturers
The Supreme Court just sided with big agribusiness in a major Roundup ruling, shutting down state lawsuits against Monsanto/Bayer over cancer warnings — even though a jury had awarded $2.5 million to a plaintiff. The Court held federal pesticide law overrides state labeling rules, saying companies are protected if they follow EPA-approved labels. Critics, including Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a dissent, argue this shields corporations from accountability and ignores federal rules against misleading claims. Consumer advocates and Senator Cory Booker are pushing back, with Booker planning…
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