Citizens will soon be able to sue manufacturers of chemicals used to produce pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides for crops because they contend that they did not adequately inform consumers about health risks.
Legislation passed by the Georgia Legislature to shield Bayer from lawsuits involving false claims made by customers that the well-known weed killer Roundup had no instructions about the potent cancers weed killer.
Gov. Last year, Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 144. It will become effective on July 1st. Last month, the governor of North Dakota and the state of Georgia became the second state to pass related regulations.
According to the law, product brands that have received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must be regarded as a sufficient warning of possible harm. If a manufacturer “knowingly withheld, concealed, misrepresented, or destroyed” related information on health threats to obtain assent, companies would not be protected from claims.
Any chemical manufacturer that adheres to national labeling requirements will receive legal protection in Georgia and the broadest possible scope of the law.
People who claim the plant criminal caused them cancers are suing Bayer, the parent company of Summary producer Monsanto, for billions of dollars, including a  and a new jury verdict awarding$ 2.1 billion to a , Georgia , guy. The jury’s decision was overturned, according to Baker.
According to opponents of the laws, it would make molecular companies liable for the damage their items might cause. They claimed that Bayer attempted to utilize state legislature to protect themselves from liability when they purchased Monsanto in 2018 and used them to protect themselves from the losses they incurred. After the first complaints had been filed, a significant health organization, which raised concerns about Roundup’s potential cancer risk, Baker purchased Monsanto.
According to those who support the bill, businesses rely on assessing by national authorities. In their evaluation of the cancer threat posed by some substances, those officials have diverged from international organizations.
The law is a component of a larger initiative, which Kemp led this year, to place caps on how much judges may award people they believe have suffered harm and to protect businesses from what some have called curse lawsuits.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2025.
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