Bayer寻求最高法院的干预,以阻止州对围产期癌症索赔的诉讼。 Bayer seeks Supreme Court intervention to block state lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims.

巴耶(Bayer)是杂草杀手集聚会的制造者, 要求美国最高法院决定联邦法律是否阻止州内声称集聚会导致癌症的诉讼。 Bayer, the maker of the weedkiller Roundup, is asking the US Supreme Court to decide if federal law blocks state lawsuits claiming Roundup causes cancer. Bayer面临约181 000起诉讼,大多来自住宅用户,并已拨出160亿美元解决案件。 Bayer faces about 181,000 lawsuits, mostly from residential users, and has set aside $16 billion to settle cases. 该公司还在推动几个州的法律保护它免受这类诉讼,认为美国农业的未来受到威胁。 The company is also pushing for laws in several states to shield it from such lawsuits, arguing the future of American agriculture is at stake.