The Supreme Court 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.

The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label and whether a federal law overrides state claims.

Glyphosate, used in Roundup weedkiller, is the most commonly utilized herbicide in agriculture, and it has long been linked to cancer claims.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the biotechnology corporation Monsanto on Thursday, saying the company did not have to include a cancer warning on a pesticide label. In a 7–2 ruling which crossed ...

The 7-2 ruling found that EPA's approval of Roundup's label without a cancer warning preempts state failure-to-warn claims ...

Monsanto says last week’s Supreme Court decision limiting the types of claims plaintiffs can make in state courts should, along with a proposed class action addressing Roundup cases, substantially ...

The Supreme Court blocked thousands of state lawsuits against leading pesticide maker Monsanto over the ingredients in the popular weed killer Roundup, in a decision Thursday that potentially sends ...

Chemical giant Monsanto has argued for years that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves a pesticide label ...

Agricultural business giant Monsanto Co. reported worse-than-expected losses for its fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday, due to lower sales of its genetically engineered seeds. The company forecast ...

When a federal agency approves a product, can a corporation use that approval to block people from seeking justice? Monsanto ...

Bayer on Thursday will try to convince a federal judge ​to dismantle the federal litigation that consolidates nearly 4,000 lawsuits alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, seeking ‌to ...

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act expressly preempts John Durnell’s state-law failure-to-warn claim because the claim would require Monsanto to add a cancer warning to its ...