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Supreme Court Weighs Federal vs State Authority in Roundup Labeling Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could determine whether state courts and juries can require cancer warnings on Roundup weed killer labels after the EPA has already approved them. The case centers on John Durnell, who sued Monsanto in 2019 alleging his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma resulted from 20 years of glyphosate exposure, winning a $1 million jury verdict. Monsanto argues the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts state law claims, while critics warn a ruling for Monsanto could block states from acting on emerging science about product dangers.