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Climate Justice Alliance Condemns Supreme Court Decision Shielding Monsanto from Accountability
Contact: olivia@climatejusticealliance.org
Says Ruling Puts Corporate Interests Over Public Health
In reaction to today’s Supreme Court ruling, shielding Monsanto from liability over harms caused by its popular weed killer Roundup, and effectively ending thousands of lawsuits from people who claim that RoundUp ingredients gave them cancer, Climate Justice Alliance legislative director Mar Zepeda issued the following statement:
“Today’s Supreme Court ruling is another victory for corporate polluters and another setback for the communities forced to live with the consequences.
“By shielding pesticide manufacturers from failure-to-warn claims, the Court has weakened one of the few avenues communities have to seek justice and demand transparency. It will now be nearly impossible for communities, farmworkers, and consumers to fight back against businesses that knowingly sell products that can make us sick. The burden of these decisions will continue to fall hardest on farmworkers, Indigenous peoples, Black communities, rural communities, and low-income communities that have long been treated as sacrifice zones.
“Allowing corporations to withhold information about dangerous chemicals and toxic ingredients, including those associated with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, is a profound betrayal of our trust. This decision does not erase the harm caused by toxic exposure, nor does it end our fight. People have a right to know what they’re being exposed to, a right to seek justice when they’re harmed, and a right to build a food system that values life over corporate profit.
“This ruling sends a dangerous message: that corporate interests matter more than people’s right to know and right to be protected.
“No court can stop communities from organizing for a future free from toxic pollution. We will continue fighting until people, not polluters and chemical giants, shape the future of our land, food, and health.”
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