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US Supreme Court seeks Justice Department views on Bayer Roundup appeal

Bayer has threatened to pull Roundup from the U.S. market if it’s not granted greater protections

The U.S. Supreme Court asked President Donald Trump's administration on Monday for its views on Bayer's bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that the company's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer and potentially avert billions of dollars in damages.



U.S. President Donald Trump is seated at a table next to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

The health report takes aim at crop protection products like glyphosate and ‘ultra-processed’ foods

Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.

Close-up of a tarnished plant bug in a legume crop.

New risks flagged in this year’s ‘Keep it Clean’ list

The updates affect insecticide use on cereals and lentils

Keep it Clean, a collaboration between the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Pulse Canada and the Prairie Oat Growers Association, publishes an annual advisory to help farmers navigate market risks related to agrochemical use.