By Billy Gray
Bayer said it welcomed the U.S. Solicitor General's support for a Supreme Court review of a case that could curtail longrunning litigation regarding its Roundup pesticide.
The German life-sciences company said the government's support would be significant as the Court weighs its petition, arguing that federal pesticide law preempts state-level failure-to-warn claims. This could limit tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company's Roundup weed-killer causes cancer.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer in a brief said that "[the Environmental Protection Agency] has repeatedly determined that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic in humans, and the agency has repeatedly approved Roundup labels that did not contain cancer warnings."
Bayer previously stated that it aims to significantly contain Roundup litigation by the end of 2026.
Write to Billy Gray at william.gray@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 02, 2025 02:27 ET (07:27 GMT)
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