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US Supreme Court hands win to Monsanto in case related to claims Roundup causes cancer
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that state courts cannot hold Monsanto liable for Roundup's labeling, stating federal law preempts such claims. The decision overturned a $1.25 million award to a man who claimed Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh's majority opinion and a dissent from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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U.S. Supreme CourtorganizationMonsantoorganizationBayerorganizationJohn DurnellpersonRoundupproductnon-Hodgkin lymphomatopicFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)topicEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)organizationBrett KavanaughpersonKetanji Brown JacksonpersonNeil Gorsuchperson
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