Monsanto Opening Brief Introduced as U.S. Supreme Court Considers Immunity for Pesticide Manufacturers - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The Monsanto Company, acquired by Bayer AG in 2018, submitted its opening brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. last month, seeking liability immunity from lawsuits filed by product users who have been harmed but not warned about potential product hazards. The question before SCOTUS is: “Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim concerning a pesticide registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where EPA has determined that a particular warning is not required and the warning cannot be added...

Monsanto, acquired by Bayer in 2018, submitted its opening brief to #SCOTUS seeking liability #immunity from lawsuits filed by product users who have been #harmed but not warned about potential product hazards. #pesticides #Durnell #failuretowarn #DailyNews ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/ztCC50Ysnxy

☀️ #Congrats to state advocates in #WY for #beating back #legislation to shield manufacturers from liability lawsuits, & in #FL to criminalize debate on #pesticide #hazards in food! Now, on to the House to stop #FarmBill attack—markup on March 3! #FailuretoWarn #GagAct ℹ️ www.bp-dc.org/farm-bill-ma...

1️⃣ Judicial review of chemical manufacturers’ #failuretowarn about #pesticide #hazards
2️⃣ The #right of #local governments in #coordination with states to #protect #residents from pesticide use
3️⃣ Local site-specific #action to ensure the #safety of air, water, and land from #pesticides — #FarmBill

Draft Farm Bill Attacks Foundational Protections from Pesticides for Farmers, Consumers, and Environment - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The chair of the Agriculture Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, in releasing the Republican 2026 Farm Bill draft last Friday afternoon, is challenging three core safeguards that are seen ...

The chair of the House #AgCommittee, in releasing the 2026 #FarmBill text last Friday afternoon, is #challenging 3 core #safeguards seen as critical to the #health of #farmers, #consumers, & the #environment! ⬇️ See more in the comment below! #FailuretoWarn #pesticides ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/eVLT50Yhan7

Farm Bill Draft Is a Broadside Against Health and the Environment! 📣 Tell members of the U.S. House to stop provisions in the Farm Bill that shield chemical companies from liability for the harm caused by their products and intrude on local communities’ right to rest...

🚨 The new #FarmBill draft is a #broadside against #health and our basic #right to hold chemical #manufacturers #accountable for the #harm caused by their toxic products! #failuretowarn Plus, dangers to #cleanwater, #endangeredspecies, and #local gov'ts! #preemption #TakeAction ➡️📣 ow.ly/hpxG50Yfs7K

As Litigation and Settlements Mount for the Weed Killer Paraquat, Advocates Call for a Ban and Alternatives - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The first U.S. jury trial on paraquat against global chemical companies was scuttled last month due to a settlement on the eve of the case being heard.

The first U.S. jury trial on #paraquat against global #chemical #companies was scuttled due to a last-minute #settlement, as the complaint alleges that exposure contributed to their #Parkinsons diagnosis. #failuretowarn #negligence #punitivedamages #lawsuit #DailyNews ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/pF0i50YcS5H

Stop Disproportionate Harm from Toxic Chemicals, Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. 📣 Tell members of Congress to ensure that with the termination of environmental justice programs at EPA, they must uphold the right of those at the highest risk of harm to sue manufacturers responsible for their failure to warn about their products’ hazards.

#TakeAction! ➡️ Tell Congress to ensure that, with the termination of #environmentaljustice programs at #EPA, they must uphold the #right of those at the highest risk of #harm to sue manufacturers responsible for their #failuretowarn about their products' hazards. 📣 https://ow.ly/ZYjM50XYiEQ

⚠️ News alert—The public’s right to sue #chemical manufacturers that do not warn of product #hazards will be up for #review by the U.S. #SupremeCourt later this year, the justices decided today. #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Click here to read a statement from Beyond Pesticides: https://ow.ly/Rf4P50XYicj

As covered by @publicnewsservice.bsky.social this morning, a word from Jay Feldman, executive director of
@beyondpesticides.org: "... companies should be held accountable when consumers are harmed." #FailuretoWarn

As covered by the Public News Service this morning, a word from Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides: "... companies should be held accountable when consumers are harmed." #FailuretoWarn 🗣️ Click this link to listen to the audio of the interview: https://ow.ly/iCKJ50XY4Xi

Bayer/Monsanto Legislation to Stop Lawsuits for Failing to Disclose Product Hazards Stalls in House - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog This week it was announced that a provision denying people the right to sue chemical companies was dropped from FY2026 funding bill in U.S. Congress.

⚠️ Chemical manufacturers may have suffered a #setback in seeking statutory immunity from lawsuits due to their #failuretowarn those harmed by their products, but their campaign in #Congress, state legislatures, & #SupremeCourt continues. #failuretowarn #dailynews ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/YXKu50XT0rh

Hey #lawsky, with H5N1 incoming there's going to be a *ton* of money in the #PersonalInjury space. Worth reading up on how we got here, #failuretowarn, and why the COIs around major medical errors made wrt COVID mean reasonable steps to mitigate infectious aerosol hazards are rejected.

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Broad Coalition Calls on Congress To Reject Fast-Moving Legislation To Shield Chemical Companies from Liability - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Legislative language moving through Congress is being opposed by a broad coalition, with the release today of a joint statement on this fundamental right.

Please see our joint statement! #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/1fXU50WKone

Please see our press release! #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Press Release:
bp-dc.org/failure-to-w...

Tell Your U.S. Senators—Reject Approps Bill Language Stopping People from Suing Chemical Companies 📣 Ask your U.S. Senators to help stop Appropriations Bill provisions that strip farmers and consumers from suing for pesticide harm, ensuring that language in House Appropriations Bill, Sections 453 a...

Please see our latest related Action! #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Action: secure.everyaction.com/z-n6LLM9S0CD...

Broad Coalition Calls on Congress To Reject Fast-Moving Legislation To Shield Chemical Companies from Liability - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Legislative language moving through Congress is being opposed by a broad coalition, with the release today of a joint statement on this fundamental right.

🆕 #Legislation in #Congress to prevent #farmers & #consumers from holding #pesticide makers #accountable for #harm caused by their products is being #OPPOSED by a broad #coalition of 50+ orgs, coalitions, businesses, & leaders! Please see our joint statement! #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/1fXU50WKone

Public Fighting Manufacturers’ Push To Deny Cancer Victims the Right to Sue under Longstanding Law - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Senator Booker has introduced the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act (S. 2324) to protect the rights of farmers and consumers to hold pesticide manufacturers responsible for the harm caused by their ...

With pesticide manufacturers pushing to stop cancer victims from holding them accountable under #failuretowarn,“ U.S. Senator @booker.senate.gov proposes upholding this unequivocal right to protection via the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act (S. 2324). ✅ #TakeAction ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/yRyp50WHCxs

Tell U.S. Senators To Co-Sponsor the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act 📣 Tell your U.S. Senator to co-sponsor S. 2324, the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act! #failuretowarn #takeaction

🆕 Senator Booker introduced the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act to protect the rights of #farmers and consumers to hold #pesticide makers responsible for the #harm caused by their products! It would amend #FIFRA to create a federal #rightofaction! #failuretowarn #takeaction ➡️📣 ow.ly/cxuT50WGRYq

Tell Your U.S. Rep—Remove Bill Language Stopping Farmers and Consumers from Suing Chemical Companies 📣 Ask your member of the U.S. House of Representatives for help in stopping this dangerous legislation by urging them to contact members of the Appropriations Committee! Ask that the language in Secti...

The fight to protect farmers' and consumers' right to sue #pesticide manufacturers for misbranding products and their #failuretowarn continues as the U.S. #House #Appropriations Committee takes up #FY26 legislation—just passed out of subcommittee on Monday, July 15! #TakeAction 📣 ow.ly/OONF50Ws7PV

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service is blasting out 22 federal IPAWS alerts — vibrating every phone in the damn county — and Kerr County sits on its thumbs. Pure criminal negligence! 🛑 #WhereWasYourWarning #FailureToWarn

On Independence Day, Tell Congress To Protect Democracy 📣 Urge Congress to protect democracy this Independence Day by resisting the domination of the pesticide industry and promoting organic alternatives that protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi...

Take Action! Urge Congress, in the spirit of Independence Day, to affirm and preserve the foundation of democracy by taking steps that protect the lives of their constituents! #July4 #localauthority #environmentaljustice #failuretowarn #organic 📣 ow.ly/6gu050WkGMw

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Protecting Health and the Environment This Independence Day - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog On this Independence Day, Beyond Pesticides calls for holistic solutions to ensure "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Beyond Pesticides (@beyondpesticides.org) calls for holistic solutions that move the nation to ensure “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” #preemption #failuretowarn #organic #environmentaljustice #socialgood #July4 ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/eniw50WkutW

Industry Effort to Quash Lawsuits for Failure to Disclose Hazards Defeated in 9 States, Eyes on North Carolina - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog A campaign to quash lawsuits against chemical manufacturers because of their “failure to warn” about the hazards of their products failed in nine states.

As an industry effort to quash #lawsuits for failure to disclose hazards is defeated in 9 states, eyes remain on the #NC state legislature as #failuretowarn language is inserted into the annual state #FarmBill package in Section 19. See resources from @beyondpesticides.org! ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/cmur50W73Ws

Oppose Pesticide Immunity Bill in North Carolina Legislature!! >>Tell Congress to oppose pesticide immunity bill language in the North Carolina Farm Bill (SB 639) that protects pesticide corporations from liability despite EPA's failure to adequately complete hum...

📣 URGENT Action Needed in North Carolina!
Help halt legislation in its tracks (Section 19 of SB 639) that will shield #pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products!
🎯 Take Action: ow.ly/1zpA50VSNxs

#FailuretoWarn #organic #pesticides #action #NC

Oppose Pesticide Immunity Bill in North Carolina Legislature!! >>Tell Congress to oppose pesticide immunity bill language in the North Carolina Farm Bill (SB 639) that protects pesticide corporations from liability despite EPA's failure to adequately complete hum...

⏰ SB 639 is on the agenda for the NC Senate Judiciary Committee TODAY at 11 am ET. Help halt #legislation (SB 639) that will shield #pesticide manufacturers from being held accountable to those harmed by their products! #failuretowarn ➡️ Livestream: ow.ly/rtbO50VNNZ4 📣 Take Action: ow.ly/VTCv50VNNZ5

Don’t Allow Chemical Companies To Exempt Themselves from Responsibility 📣 Tell your state legislators not to allow chemical companies to exempt themselves from responsibility.

📣 A national fight over accountability and compensation has escalated as legislation to quash lawsuits against chemical manufacturers, because of their #failuretowarn about the hazards of their #pesticide products, is being pushed through #state legislatures! #NotOK #TakeAction ➡️ ow.ly/Ao9q50VMk3e

📣 LATE BREAKING—Action Needed in North Dakota! Urge Governor Armstrong to #VETO legislation that will shield #pesticide manufacturers while stripping residents of their right to sue for producers' #failuretowarn about the #harm their products can cause, effects like #cancer. ➡️ ow.ly/ZtOv50VEfg6

Failure-to-Warn In 2025, advocates expect some version of a failure-to-warn bill to be introduced in at least 21 states. For ease of...

4️⃣ State bills to quash the lawsuits are moving forward in #Iowa, #Missouri, #Idaho, #Florida, #Tennessee, and #NorthDakota. If passed, they would strip people of a #righttosue manufacturers for their #failuretowarn people about #harm their products can cause! ➡️ Resource hub: ow.ly/xHwv50Vspm9

Multi-Billion Verdict Against Bayer/Monsanto in GA as Legal Rights Under Attack in the State and Nationwide - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog A jury in Georgia state court on March 21 found the pesticide manufacturer Bayer/Monsanto guilty of causing a man’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma after use of the company’s glyphosate-based weedkiller product ...

3️⃣ The verdict in Barnes v. Monsanto (2025) comes amid a concerted effort by industry groups to take away the main legal argument, #failuretowarn, for the type of litigation that #pesticide exposure #victims have commonly used to hold companies #accountable. ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/nanl50Vspmb

Multi-Billion Verdict Against Bayer/Monsanto in GA as Legal Rights Under Attack in the State and Nationwide - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog A jury in Georgia state court on March 21 found the pesticide manufacturer Bayer/Monsanto guilty of causing a man’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma after use of the company’s glyphosate-based weedkiller product ...

1️⃣ With an award of nearly $2.1 billion, a jury in #Georgia state court found #pesticide manufacturer Bayer/Monsanto guilty of causing a man’s non-Hodgkin's #lymphoma after use of the #glyphosate - based weedkiller #Roundup. #bayer #nonhodgkins #failuretowarn ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/nanl50Vspmb 🧵⬇️