{"id":2618979,"date":"2026-06-25T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-roundup-cancer-lawsuits-in-blow-to-maha\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:37:06","slug":"supreme-court-blocks-roundup-cancer-lawsuits-in-blow-to-maha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-roundup-cancer-lawsuits-in-blow-to-maha\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court blocks Roundup cancer lawsuits in blow to MAHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-blocks-roundup-cancer-lawsuits-in-blow-to-maha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2618979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Bayer, the maker of Roundup glyphosate, legal immunity from lawsuits claiming the chemical causes cancer, specifically non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The 7-2 decision emphasizes that once the EPA sets appropriate warnings, manufacturers are required to adhere to those labels unless the EPA approves or mandates a new one. this ruling challenges the efforts of the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; (MAHA) movement, which attributes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obesity-linked-to-increasing-number-of-cancers-study\/\" title=\"Study links obesity to rising ... rates.\">rising cancer rates<\/a> and metabolic issues to glyphosate exposure. Bayer, which faces billions in litigation, argues that warning labels should be based solely on EPA evidence, which currently does not classify glyphosate as carcinogenic. The case, monsanto v. Durnell, involved a plaintiff who claimed his cancer was linked to glyphosate exposure; a jury awarded him damages, but Bayer&#8217;s arguments led the Supreme Court to side with industry compliance to EPA regulations. The decision is viewed as a setback for efforts to reform pesticide regulations, especially ahead of the 2024 elections, and it raises concerns about the influence of industry and government on public health policies. Polls indicate strong voter support for reducing pesticide use and increased regulation,but confidence in the EPA&#8217;s independence remains modest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> has granted legal immunity to Bayer, maker of the weedkiller Roundup, from lawsuits alleging that the chemical glyphosate causes <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cancer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"205\">cancer<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-1068_n7ip.pdf\">7-2 decision announced<\/a> on Thursday will send a shockwave through the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maha\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11799\">Make America Healthy Again<\/a> movement, which blames the chemical not only for rising cancer rates among agriculture workers but also for gluten intolerance and<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41662935\/\"> metabolic dysfunction<\/a>. But it is a win for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4483250\/glyphosate-make-america-healthy-again-robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\">large agriculture corporations<\/a> that argue the pesticide is essential to maintain food security. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4614905\/supreme-court-blocks-roundup-cancer-lawsuits-blow-maha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court blocks Roundup cancer lawsuits in blow to MAHA<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4623109\/democrats-attack-trump-administration-refer-women-pregnancy-centers-anti-abortion\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats attack Trump administration for referring women to pregnancy resource centers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4621929\/anti-abortion-movement-four-years-after-dobbs\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Leaders see <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-abortion movement worse<\/a> off four years after Dobbs decision<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority held that after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/environmental-protection-agency\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"293\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> decides the appropriate warnings for a pesticide\u2019s label, a manufacturer is legally required to use that label unless and until EPA subsequently approves or requires a new label.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pesticide reform has long been a goal of the grassroots health and wellness cause, which eventually morphed into the MAHA movement when future Health and Human Services Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8011\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> joined forces with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> on the 2024 presidential campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glyphosate is the most common weedkiller and agricultural pesticide in the United States. Roughly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-04\/documents\/glyphosate-response-comments-usage-benefits-final.pdf\">280 million pounds<\/a> of glyphosate is sprayed on nearly 300 million acres of farmland each year, according to the EPA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAHA advocates say glyphosate is responsible for both rising cancer rates among agriculture workers and the increase in gluten intolerance and other\u00a0metabolic dysfunction\u00a0issues, making the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to grant liability to Bayer a loss\u00a0for the movement. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4544893\/supreme-court-split-roundup-lawsuit\/\"><em>Monsanto v. Durnell<\/em><\/a>, revolves around whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act gives the EPA sole authority to determine what warning labels can be on regulated products, including warnings that a product may contain cancer-causing chemicals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto and maker of glyphosate, has faced billions of dollars in civil litigation claims, saying that it failed to warn consumers that Roundup, the commercial name for glyphosate, may be linked to the cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So-called \u201cfailure to warn\u201d cases against Bayer started after\u00a0a working group of the World Health Organization\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iarc.who.int\/featured-news\/media-centre-iarc-news-glyphosate\/\">International Agency for Research on Cancer<\/a> classified the chemical as \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans\u201d in 2015.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plaintiff, John Durnell, alleges his cancer was triggered by agricultural glyphosate exposure. A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/missouri\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1099\">Missouri<\/a> jury in 2019 awarded Durnell $1.25 million in damages, citing the failure of Monsanto to warn consumers of the cancer risk. A Missouri appellate court sided with Durnell, and the state Supreme Court declined to take up Monsanto\u2019s second appeal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal Supreme Court agreed to hear the case after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"438\">Department of Justice<\/a> intervened on behalf of Bayer, Monsanto\u2019s parent company, arguing that warning labels should be based on EPA evidence rather than decided on a state-by-state basis or by civil juries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EPA, which has regulated glyphosate since the 1970s, is scheduled to review the environmental and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-electromagnetic-fields-regulate-your-health\/\" title=\"Do Electromagnetic Fields Regulate Your Health?\">human health effects<\/a> of the chemical later this year. Unlike the IARC, the EPA does not view the evidence as pointing to glyphosate being carcinogenic to humans. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told a group of MAHA supporters <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MAHA_Action\/status\/2067955566799139202?s=20\">earlier this year<\/a> that, at his agency, \u201cthere is no pre-judging of what the review is going to show.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhatever the science and the review shows, that is what gets communicated to the public,\u201d Zeldin said at the event, adding that he does not want to \u201chave a process where I\u2019m telling scientists before it starts what I want the final product to show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling marks a devastating blow to the MAHA voting bloc ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">midterm elections<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eden Giagnorio, communications director for the Democratic political strategist group 314 Action, which helps elect scientists and medical professionals to public office, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>prior to the ruling that the case would be a make-or-break moment for the MAHA movement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf immunity is granted, as the administration has sided with German manufacturer Bayer on this issue, MAHA will lose their minds,\u201d Giagnorio said. \u201cThis will be the final straw for MAHA, and cancer patients will suffer as a result and will not have any recourse to sue for their injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A March poll conducted by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforprogress.org\/blog\/2026\/4\/14\/maha-lacks-a-true-base-and-voters-reject-its-real-world-impact\">314 Action<\/a> found that 76% of voters support reducing pesticides in agriculture, including 47% who strongly support such proposals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4606720\/gubernatorial-candidates-make-iowa-healthy\/\"><strong>MAKING IOWA HEALTHY AGAIN IN THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another poll conducted in May by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms\/\">health policy group KFF<\/a> found that 2 in 3 voters, regardless of political affiliation or identification with MAHA, believe there is not enough regulation of pesticides in agriculture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only 36% of respondents to the KFF poll said they were at least somewhat confident that the EPA could act independently on glyphosate without outside industry influence. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court grants Bayer immunity in glyphosate cancer 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