On June 25, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) threw Americans under the bus, <a href="https://toxinfreeusa.org/u-s-supreme-court-throws-americans-under-the-bus-in-monsanto-v-durnell" target="_self">siding</a> with Bayer-Monsanto in Monsanto v. Durnell, further shielding pesticide manufacturers from liability when their products cause harm.
In the majority were Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh (author of the opinion), Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor. The dissenting justices were Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch.
The Supreme Court's ruling was based on the argument that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the law governing EPA’s oversight of pesticides, does not require pesticide labels to warn of cancer risks beyond the weak labeling requirements approved by the EPA. State-law claims seeking damages for the absence of such warnings are thus preempted by federal law.
This ruling is a travesty of justice and a slap in the face of all of Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup cancer victims. Our U.S. Representatives and Senators can and must reverse the ruling.
In the House of Representatives, a <a href="https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6798" target="_self">bipartisan bill</a> sponsored by Reps Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) would do just that.
“In wake of SCOTUS's terrible ruling last week in favor of Bayer/Monsanto, Rep Thomas Massie and I just introduced the People Over Poison Act (POPA) to protect Americans’ right to hold pesticide manufacturers accountable under state law when they fail to warn consumers about the risks of their products. Federal pesticide law was never supposed to be a liability waiver for corporations, and not a permission slip to hide behind insufficient labels while people get sick. Enough with the empty slogans and broken promises. If this Administration won’t put people’s health over corporate profits, Congress must. The right to seek justice in court is one of our most foundational freedoms. We must ensure that every American has a fair chance to be heard and hold powerful interests accountable,” wrote Rep Pingree.
In the Senate, Senator Cory Booker <a href="https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-introduces-pesticide-injury-accountability-act" target="_self">sponsored</a> S.2324, the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act (PIAA) in July 2025, a bill that is still active and would ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held responsible for the harm caused by their toxic products.
German-owned Bayer-Monsanto has paid billions of dollars to settle lawsuits linking Roundup to non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Bayer has faced over 170,000 cancer lawsuits – approximately 66,000 have not been settled.
The repercussions of the SCOTUS ruling are not limited to Bayer-Monsanto and glyphosate. Syngenta, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned company ChemChina, reached a $187.5 million settlement in 2021 for paraquat-related Parkinson’s disease claims. Nearly 6,000 additional Parkinson’s disease lawsuits have been filed since then.
As a matter of fact, the SCOTUS ruling stops all pesticide-related state tort lawsuits.
“Rather than providing a liability shield so that foreign corporations are allowed to poison the American people, Congress should instead pass the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act to ensure that these chemical companies can be held accountable in federal court for the harm caused by their toxic products,” said Senator Booker.
We cannot allow the SCOTUS decision to leave gardeners, landscapers, farmers, farmworkers, and other injured individuals without meaningful recourse for the harms caused by these toxic substances.
Sign the petition to your U.S. Representatives and Senators to urge them to protect our constitutional right to sue when harmed by pesticides and pass POPA and PIAA now.
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The U.S. Congress Must Reverse the Supreme Court Pesticide Immunity Ruling

Pass S.2324, the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act to Hold Pesticide Manufacturers Accountable

I urge you to immediately support and pass the People Over Poison Act (POPA) in the House and the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act (PIAA) in the Senate.

The Supreme Court's decision in Monsanto v. Durnell is a devastating blow to Americans who have suffered cancer, Parkinson's disease, and other serious illnesses after exposure to toxic pesticides. By siding with Bayer-Monsanto and other pesticide manufacturers, the Court has made it far more difficult for injured people and grieving families to hold these corporations accountable.

This ruling does not just affect Roundup victims. It threatens the rights of every farmer, farmworker, landscaper, gardener, and consumer who may be harmed by pesticides. No corporation should be allowed to hide behind weak federal labeling requirements while Americans pay the price with their health and lives.

For decades, pesticide manufacturers have profited from products linked to devastating diseases while fighting accountability in the courts. Now, unless Congress acts, these companies will have even greater protection from the consequences of the harm they cause.

Americans have a fundamental right to seek justice when they are injured. That right should not be taken away to protect the profits of powerful chemical corporations. Please stand with the people you represent—not Bayer-Monsanto and other pesticide companies—and support POPA and PIAA without delay.

This issue is very important to me. Our health, our rights, and our ability to hold dangerous corporations accountable depend on it.