Supreme Court blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller (opens original article in a new tab)

Supreme Court blocked thousands of Roundup lawsuits against Bayer, ruling the company isn't liable in state courts due to federal regulations, despite ongoing cancer risk debates.

• Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Roundup maker can't be sued in state courts over cancer claims due to federal regulations
• Roundup lawsuits allege failure to warn about cancer risks, with some multibillion-dollar verdicts against Bayer
• World Health Organization classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic, while EPA says it's not likely to cause cancer when used as directed