June 25, 2026Supreme Court decides to protect pesticide profits over human health
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Deidre Nelms; Communications Director; Coming Clean; dnelms@comingcleaninc.org, (802) 251-0203 ext. 711.
Coming Clean issued the following statement in response to Supreme Court’s ruling in the Bayer/Monsanto case, Monsanto v. Durnell:
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is more proof that pesticide corporations have too much influence in government. Bayer made over 11 billion dollars from pesticide sales in 2023, and last year alone, spent over 9 million dollars on lobbying for policies that protect pesticide profits instead of basic human health. If you use a product that fails to warn about its ingredients’ documented links to cancer, reproductive harm, or neurological conditions, and you develop health complications after using that product, you deserve your day in court. Especially since EPA has approved hundreds of pesticide active ingredients that likely or possibly cause cancer. Congress has the power to protect consumers’ right to sue over pesticide harms. The people have had enough of agrochemical corporate influence in Washington.”
Read more from our network members Beyond Pesticides, Environmental Working Group, and Friends of the Earth.