Bayer/Monsanto, Syngenta/ChemChina, and Dow/Dupont are Brainwashing our Senators to Present Bills to Prevent Cancer Lawsuits Against AgroChemical Companies.

Big Ag wants immunity from lawsuits. The rights of individuals, localities, and states to be able to sue agrochemical companies is critically at stake. The plot by Big Ag, via The ModernAgAlliance.org,  to pass state-by-state bills, currently in seven states, North Dakota, Wyoming, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida - but we expect there will be bills in twenty one. In conversation with the American Association with Justice today, we learned that Bayer/Monsanto has just hired 20 agrochemical lobbyists to convince your Senators and Congressmembers that they should enjoy complete immunity from lawsuits, just like the vaccine companies. In other words, they should be able to produce pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, and as long as the EPA gives them a license to do so (which does not establish safety for human exposure), then they could never be sued for cancer or other harmful impacts due to exposure to their products.

This play for profit is even worse for us, and better for them, than the deal the vaccine manufacturers got. In H.R.5546 - National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 the vaccine companies were required to pay .75 cents per vaccine into a special injury fund. A court was set up so that victims of vaccine injury could apply for a hearing and compensation. The proposed bills for agrochemical immunity don’t even propose a fund, court, or any accountability whatsoever. Bayer/Monsanto and all agrochemical companies would enjoy complete immunity from ever being sued again. Their strategy is to go state by state, then use the states as precedence to have a federal bill passed.

Their arguments are:

1. If they don’t get immunity, the farmers will lose access to important tools like glyphosate and other chemicals, that are “necessary” for farming.
2. If the farmers lose these agrochemicals, the price of food will go up, putting disadvantaged people at an even greater disadvantage.
3. The agrochemical companies should enjoy immunity because the EPA has deemed their products safe.
4. The state-by-state laws are too cumbersome, there should be “uniformity” in pesticide laws, meaning a federal law that allows all chemical companies immunity.

Our arguments are:

1. Make your products safe.
2. If your products aren’t safe, you should be held accountable.
3. Your product safety is your responsibility, not the EPA’s.
4. The states, localities, and individuals have the right to sue. Period.

Corporate interests must not precede the safety of American farmers, citizens, and our children!

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Georgia Senate Bill 144 - Hearing: Feb 18 @ 9:00 am

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The WYOMING bill HB 285 hearing was CANCELLED! Oklahoma and Wyoming bills have been killed too! Way to go!

In some states, Bayer has hired 20 lobbyists to spread lies, and  twenty thousand cases against Monsanto are pending, and all of these plaintiffs will lose their right to sue and get compensation, people with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma from using Roundup, if this bill passes.

Other states pending soon are Georgia, Montana, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Florida, and a total of twenty-one states.

Call to Action!

Contact Senators of the following states:

Call to Action 2:

COMMENT to the EPA

There is a proposed petition that is open for comment now to the EPA:

This petition would wipe out pesticide industry accountability by amending EPA regulations to preempt any state labeling requirement that is inconsistent with EPA's conclusions on its human health risk assessment, "such as a pesticide's likelihood to cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm." Below are some of our sample social media posts to help you. 

We only have until February 20th for the comment period!

Click HERE AND COMMENT to the EPA!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-00251/pesticides-petition-seeking-rulemaking-to-modify-labeling-requirements-for-pesticides-and-devices

POST on SOCIAL and Share by EMAIL!

1.) ATTN: A dangerous petition filed with the @EPA threatens to wipe out state and local pesticide protections, leaving communities vulnerable to cancer-causing chemicals. Now is the time to make your voice heard and sign the petition! https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-00251/pesticides-petition-seeking-rulemaking-to-modify-labeling-requirements-for-pesticides-and-devices

2.) Communities deserve the right to protect their schools, playgrounds, and workplaces from dangerous pesticides. But a recent petition filed with the @EPA would rob states and localities of the authority to decide for themselves. We can’t let this happen–sign the petition NOW! https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-00251/pesticides-petition-seeking-rulemaking-to-modify-labeling-requirements-for-pesticides-and-devices

3.) State and local pesticide protections could be gutted by a recent petition filed with the @EPA, leaving communities across America defenseless against cancer-causing chemicals. Stand up for your community and sign the petition TODAY! https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-00251/pesticides-petition-seeking-rulemaking-to-modify-labeling-requirements-for-pesticides-and-devices

Thank you for being our partners in creating healthy communities!!!