Consumers thrown under pesticide industry’s steamroller in bill awaiting KY House vote

By: Tom FitzGerald

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 16, 2026

Words: 1,581

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Pending before the U.S. Supreme Court is the case of Monsanto Company v. John Durnell. John Durnell sued Monsanto after contracting non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, claiming that the company failed to adequately warn of the risks of cancer from the use of a glyphosate-containing product it manufactured.

After a state court jury awarded Durnell $1.25 million in damages on the failure-to-warn claim, and an appeals court affirmed the decision, Monsanto has asked …

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