1. United States
2. Letter

The Supreme Court must preserve state authority to regulate dangerous chemicals and allow juries to hold corporations accountable for inadequate warnings. Federal preemption in the Roundup case would strip states of their power to protect residents from toxic exposures. The EPA takes 15 years between product re-registrations. What happens when new science emerges showing cancer risks during that window? States cannot wait a decade and a half while their residents get sick. Missouri law requires adequate warnings on dangerous pesticides, and a jury found Monsanto failed to warn John Durnell, who developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after 20 years of spraying Roundup in his neighborhood. That jury awarded him over $1 million because the evidence convinced them. Monsanto claims glyphosate is the most studied herbicide in history and experts say it's safe, yet tens of thousands of people have sued over cancer they blame on Roundup. If the science is so settled, why are there so many sick people? A uniform national standard means the slowest, most industry-friendly regulation wins. States must retain the power to act faster and stronger than federal agencies when protecting their citizens from harm. Oppose federal preemption under FIFRA. States rights matter when lives are at stake.