Bayer is trying to convince a federal judge to dismantle the federal litigation that consolidates nearly 4,000 lawsuits alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. This move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that plaintiffs cannot sue Bayer by arguing that Roundup’s warning label failed to warn users about cancer risks.
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The company has argued that the decision should lead to the dismissal of the consolidated federal litigation. Bayer has said that decades of studies have shown Roundup’s key ingredient glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer.
U.S. District Judge Vincent Chhabria in San Francisco is holding a status conference to determine the path forward for those cases. The Supreme Court said plaintiffs cannot argue that Roundup’s warning label was insufficient under U.S. state laws because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has already concluded that the label does not require a warning about cancer risk.
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