"The specific proposed language added to the appropriations bill blocked federal funds from being used to issue or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory action, or approve any labeling or change to such labeling inconsistent with the conclusion of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) human health assessment. The EPA itself would not be able to update warnings without finalizing a new assessment, the critics said."
"The now-deleted language was part of a larger legislative effort that critics say is aimed at limiting litigation against pesticide industry leader Bayer, which sells the widely used Roundup herbicides. An industry alliance set up by Bayer has been pushing for both state and federal laws that would make it harder for consumers to sue over pesticide risks to human health and has successfully lobbied for the passing of such laws in Georgia and North Dakota so far."
Democrats removed a rider from a 2026 appropriations bill that would have shielded pesticide manufacturers from certain lawsuits and restricted state warnings about pesticide risks. Chellie Pingree, ranking member of a House appropriations subcommittee, led the effort to delete the measure, and Senate Republican leaders agreed not to revisit the issue. The deleted language would have blocked federal funds from being used to adopt guidance, policies, regulatory actions, or labeling changes inconsistent with an EPA human health assessment. The language risked preventing states and local governments from issuing warnings based on new science, and supporters included Bayer and an industry alliance pushing state and federal protections against litigation.
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