Center for Food Safety

The Supreme Court sided with #Monsanto today, eliminating the right of people to hold pesticide companies accountable when they fail to warn consumers that their products may cause cancer.

In a new lawsuit, environmentalists and animal welfare advocacy groups allege that updated guidelines for large factory farms won’t stop them from releasing animal waste into nearby waterways in Oregon. Carlos Fuentes reports for @Oregonian: buff.ly/1Ax2Pwy

Four groups (@foodandwater, @CFSTrueFood, @ALDF, and @WilRiverkeeper) sued Oregon regulators last week, alleging that the state's new water quality permits for large-scale animal farms fail to protect waterways and do not include adequate monitoring. thenewlede.org/2026/07/oregon…

"We are asking the Court to ensure this permit does not unlawfully and irresponsibly allow factory farms to shift the costs of their pollution onto the shoulders of Oregon communities and into our environment," said Suzannah Smith, CFS attorney centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases…

Today, CFS and allies sued Oregon over a new factory farm permit that fails to protect the state's waters from the vast quantities of waste produced by industrial livestock operations. The permit greenlights 350 massive factory farms, over 65% of all operations in Oregon.

NEW: The EPA has approved new PFAS pesticides to be sprayed on the nation's crops after its pesticide office adopted industry-backed language excluding certain fluorinated chemicals from the agency’s PFAS designation. readsludge.com/2026/07/07/che…

The Trump administration approved three new “forever chemical”-based pesticides last week for use on food crops, including corn and soybeans — the most widely grown crops in the country — as well as wheat, kiwi, oats, peas, broccoli and coffee. These new chemicals — diflufenican, epyrifenacil, trifludimoxazin — have all been quietly approved without a standard press release. Trump approved other PFAS-based pesticides cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram earlier this year, and the first food use of chlormequat — which is already found in 90% of Americans’ blood. An EPA scientist wrote in the approval documents that at least one of these new PFAS-based pesticides is “suggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential.” These approvals come just days after the Supreme Court sided with chemical maker Bayer and the Trump administration in limiting Americans’ ability to sue pesticide companies for harms linked to pesticides. Now, Americans will have a harder time holding companies accountable for the cancer-causing effects of their pesticides.

"The Trump administration's EPA is once again showing its disdain for Americans' health and the natural world," said one critic of the agency's "forever chemical" pesticide approvals. commondreams.org/news/pfas-pest…

For decades, EPA has repeatedly approved dangerous #pesticides while failing to require meaningful warnings about their risks. The agency's treatment of #glyphosate is emblematic of a deeper crisis at the heart of American pesticide regulation. centerforfoodsafety.org/blog/7142/afte…

The pesticides approved include fluoxapiprolin, epyrifenacil, trifludimoxazin and new uses of chlormequat chloride. In each case, EPA dismissed substantive concerns raised by scientists, Center for Food Safety, and other organizations. Read more at: centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases…

The Trump @EPA approved a slew of new #pesticides yesterday that studies suggest may pose serious risks to human health and the environment. "These blatant violations of the agency's own Cancer Guidelines are unacceptable," said @CFSTrueFood's Co-Executive Director Sylvia Wu

🚨NEWS🚨 In wake of SCOTUS's terrible ruling last week in favor of Bayer/Monsanto, @RepThomasMassie and I just introduced the People Over Poison Act to protect Americans’ right to hold pesticide manufacturers accountable under state law when they fail to warn consumers about the risks of their products. Federal pesticide law was never supposed to be a liability waiver for corporations, and not a permission slip to hide behind insufficient labels while people get sick. Enough with the empty slogans and broken promises. If this Administration won’t put people’s health over corporate profits, Congress must. The right to seek justice in court is one of our most foundational freedoms. We must ensure that every American has a fair chance to be heard and hold powerful interests accountable. 📰read about our bill 👇 @careygillam/@thenewledenews thenewlede.org/2026/06/congre…

“The war is far from over,” said George Kimbrell, legal director and co-executive director of @CFSTrueFood, which has sued the @EPA over pesticide assessments. The court decision, he said, is a “galvanizing call to continued action.” thenewlede.org/2026/06/suprem…

🚨 The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of the former Monsanto company. TNL editor-in-chief Carey Gillam talks to George Kimbrell,  co-executive director and legal director at @CFSTrueFood about the implications of the decision. thenewlede.org/2026/06/watch-…

This is the highest level for Bayer's stock since February when Trump issued his Executive Order on #glyphosate.

Bayer's stock price soared nearly 17% as a result of the Supreme Court ruling, further underscoring the role of the Durnell decision in protecting the profit margins of corporations over public and environmental health.

@chelliepingree @EPA Thank you for your leadership @chelliepingree! It's also important to note that the 2022 glyphosate registration was struck down because EPA failed to adequately consider whether glyphosate causes cancer and threatens endangered species.

Back in 2013, a widely cited paper concluded that glyphosate—the main ingredient in herbicides like Roundup—was not likely to cause cancer. Seven years later, during the first Trump Administration, the @EPA cited that paper as part of its scientific basis for concluding that glyphosate was safe to use. The agency has referenced the study repeatedly since. Over time, concerns have been raised about Monsanto's involvement in studies cited to make the case for glyphosate's safety. Thanks to @MotherJones' reporting, we now know of another safety study that Monsanto helped ghostwrite—and that the EPA knew this and continued to cite the study anyway! This is a HUGE deal. As the Ranking Member on the subcommittee that oversees the EPA, I’ll be pushing @epaleezeldin for answers about this. With the Supreme Court’s decision this morning to essentially shield Bayer (the company that now makes Roundup) from liability at the state level, it’s more important than ever that the public understand how giant chemical companies have rigged the system in their favor—and that Congress do everything in ITS power to curb that influence and protect the American people.

@HQNewsNow This tragic decision is call for continued action. We were responsible for overturning EPA's cancer safety determination for glyphosate, and our work to watchdog federal agencies to ensure they protect public health and the environment is now all the more important.

The Supreme Court has ruled that chemical company Monsanto cannot be blamed for failing to warn people about cancer risks with the main chemical in Roundup, glyphosate. Trump recently signed an executive order to boost domestic production of glyphosate.

@factpostnews This decision, while tragic, is a clarion call for continued action. The fight is far from over. Our work to watchdog federal agencies like the EPA to ensure they protect public health and the environment is now all the more important.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Monsanto cannot be punished for hiding the cancer risks of Roundup, a glyphosate-based pesticide.

Read our full statement on today's decision: centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases…

The fight is far from over. Our work to watchdog federal agencies to ensure they protect the public interest is now all the more important. This decision, while tragic, is a clarion call for continued action. #MonsantovDurnell

The Supreme Court sided with #Monsanto today, eliminating the right of people to hold pesticide companies accountable when they fail to warn consumers that their products may cause cancer.