WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has joined Bayer’s effort before the Supreme Court to limit legal claims from individuals, including farmers, who allege the company’s flagship product, Roundup, caused cancer.
By taking this position, the administration is siding with a major chemical company to deny thousands of affected families their day in court.
The following is a statement from Environmental Working Group President and co-Founder Ken Cook:
It’s outrageous – though sadly predictable – that the Trump administration has chosen to side with Bayer over the cancer patients who trusted that Roundup was safe. Families already grappling with profound loss because of this company deserve a fair chance to seek justice, not a federal government racing to insulate a multibillion-dollar chemical conglomerate from responsibility while undermining accountability for other corporate polluters. It’s a brazen betrayal of the very citizens our government is sworn to protect.
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