Monsanto’s Supreme Court FIFRA Preemption Appeal Fails, Says Roundup Cancer Victim

Mealey's (November 4, 2021, 12:42 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A cancer victim who won $20 million in punitive damages against Monsanto Co. for his exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, on Nov. 3 filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not preempt state law causes of action that parallel or are narrower than the federal misbranding standard....