Committee Moves Bayer And Pesticide Makers Closer To Protections From Suits [1]
"A group of US lawmakers failed on Tuesday to beat back a provision in a congressional appropriations bill that would help protect pesticide makers from being sued and could hinder state efforts to warn about risks of pesticide products.
Led by US Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from Maine, multiple lawmakers spoke at Tuesday’s House Committee on Appropriations meeting urging passage of an amendment striking a rider from a fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill that critics say effectively gives pesticide manufacturers immunity from consumer lawsuits seeking compensation for product harm. But a majority of committee members voted against the amendment.
The language of the rider Pingree and allies were attempting to strike blocks federal funds from being used to “issue or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory action, or approve any labeling or change to such labeling” inconsistent with the conclusion of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) human health assessment."