The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people its popular weedkiller could cause cancer

The Supreme Court will decide whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging Monsanto failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer.

High court gives company hope in its effort to mitigate long-running litigation that has cost it billions of dollars.

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by German chemicals giant Bayer to put an end to a wave of lawsuits over the weedkiller Roundup.

The justices will consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the popular weedkiller without a cancer warning should rule out the state court claims.

Bayer is arguing that consumers should not be able to sue it under state law for failing to warn that Roundup increases ‌cancer risk because the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag

The US Supreme Court agreed to hear Bayer AG’s appeal taking aim at thousands of lawsuits targeting its top-selling Roundup weedkiller for causing cancer.

The Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether tens of thousands of people claiming the pesticide Roundup caused their cancer will have a day in court, or whether a federal law that regulates pesticide labeling will effectively block their cases from moving forward.