The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted Americans’ ability to sue pesticide makers over alleged health harms stemming from their products. In a 7-2 ruling, the court held that some claims that pesticide companies failed to warn users of their products’ health risks are blocked under federal law. The ruling is a win for Bayer and Monsanto, whose oft-litigated Roundup weedkiller was at the center of the case.
The Supreme Court overturned a $1.25 million verdict against Monsanto, the maker of Roundup weedkiller. John Durnell was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018 after using Roundup for two decades. He filed a failure-to-warn claim against Monsanto in Missouri. The Supreme Court ruled that the suit was barred by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Trump signed an executive order prioritizing the U.S. production of glyphosate, the active chemical in Roundup, which has been linked to cancer. The Supreme Court is weighing Monsanto v. Durnell, a case that will decide whether a federal pesticide-labeling law shields Roundup’s maker, Monsanto, from state lawsuits claiming the product should have carried a cancer warning. The Trump administration joined the case in support of the company.
There is a one in five chance that a packet of coffee beans sold in Europe contains residues of pesticides. Coffee Watch is a US-based non-profit organisation seeking to reform the global coffee industry. It has compiled a report on “the hidden cost of coffee”.
After the Iran peace deal, fertilizer prices are falling this week. Many farmers in the Midwest were able to lock in their fertilizer prices before the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Kevin Deinert, a grain farmer in Mount Vernon, South Dakota, is in speculation mode when it comes to buying fertilizer for next year.
The FDA allows food manufacturers to decide for themselves whether the additives they are using are safe. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made closing the GRAS loophole a key goal of his administration. Yuka, maker of the popular product-scanning app, and Consumer Reports have petitioned FDA to get busy on this. The number of lobbyists on this issue has tripled.
Academics at Gaziantep University (GAĂśN) have developed a nutrient-rich functional cream-filled biscuit. The biscuit is enriched with proteins, amino acids, vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidant compounds. The project was launched following the devastating February 6, 2023, KahramanmaraĹź-centered earthquakes.
Enbridge's East Tennessee Natural Gas is building a natural gas pipeline from Siler City to Moncure in southern Chatham County, N.C., to supply natural gas to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Gas plant, scheduled to open late next year. The Southern Environmental Law Center asked FERC on May 13 to suspend work on the entire project.
Abigail Buckwalter has been named president and CEO of Ocean Spray Cranberries. She joins from Nestlé Health Science U.S., where she managed the multi-billion-dollar portfolio of global consumer and healthcare brands for the last three years as CEO. The cranberry space has been among the biggest beneficiaries of a surge in interest in minimally processed and better-for-you foods.
Every 10% increase in ultraprocessed food intake linked to measurable declines in attention performance even in adults without dementia. Industrial food processing itself creates biological stress beyond poor nutrition alone. Removing seed oils and packaged ultra processed foods while rebuilding your diet around whole foods, healthy carbohydrates, movement, and sunlight helps restore steadier energy, sharper focus, and better brain resilience.