India, June 25 -- The U.S. Supreme Court has made a significant 7-2 ruling in favor of Monsanto, marking a big win for both the company and its parent, Bayer, in the ongoing legal battles over the Roundup weedkiller.
The court's decision states that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) takes precedence over state law failure-to-warn claims. This means states can't mandate that pesticide labels carry warnings beyond those that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved.
The case was initiated by John Durnell from Missouri, who claimed that Monsanto didn't adequately warn consumers about the potential cancer risks linked to glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup. Durnell had previously won a $...