US Supreme Court hands win to Monsanto in case related to claims Roundup causes cancer

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 760

Last Updated: 4 weeks ago

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State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and similar products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision backing agricultural giant Monsanto.

The justices, in a 7-2 decision, threw out a $1.25 million verdict a Missouri court awarded to a man who said long-term use of the weedkiller Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

The herbicide, …

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