The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal law protects Monsanto from tens of thousands of lawsuits from people claiming the weed killer Roundup caused their cancer.
The 7-2 decision effectively ends a legal pathway for people who say they were harmed by products that the federal government declined to adequately regulate.
The decision is a loss for the Make America Healthy Again Movement, which sees glyphosate — the widely used herbicide in Roundup — as the poster child for dangerous chemicals in the food system and has long fought to end the chemical’s widespread use and hold its makers accountable.