Congress pushing HSB 737 bill to make pesticide manufacturers legally immune from prosecution for their poisoning of America
By ethanh // 2024-12-09
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The pesticide industry is taking a page from the vaccine industry by trying to immunize itself against lawsuits for injuries and other health damage caused by its toxic crop chemicals. In this in-between period between Joe Biden leaving the White House and Donald Trump reentering it, Congress is busy trying to pass new legislation called HSB 737 that just like the PREP Act did to immunize Big Pharma against lawsuits over Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "vaccines" would protect the pesticide industry from having to face the rule of law. "I came out of this subcommittee hearing on HSB 737, which would give pesticide companies immunity for citizens trying to file lawsuits against them for damages," explains the man in the video below who was present at the hearing. "This bill just passed the subcommittee, and it will take away farmers' rights to pursue legal action after damages are caused to their families and themselves. The basic argument presented by Bayer and other chemical companies is that the lawsuits that are being brought up by them about the damages caused by their products is going to put them out of business." HSB 737 is currently pending in the House Ways and Means Committee, which recommended its passage in a vote of 2-1. (Related: Did you know that 75 percent of fresh, non-organic produce grown in the United States is contaminated with toxic pesticide residue?)

Iowa at center of pesticide industry fight

The issue came to a head after roughly 200 Iowans tried to sue the pesticide industry for injuries, including cancer, that they incurred because of the chemicals' use. State legislators in Iowa crafted Senate File 2412 that would shield pesticide companies from liability for chemicals that are approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a highly corrupt federal agency that often grants rubber-stamp approval for deadly chemicals that have no business being used in agriculture. In short, SF 2412 would require federally-approved safety warning labels on all chemicals as the only legal disclaimer. Basically, it is a use at your own risk situation where all the pesticide industry has to do is put a little fine print on the toxins to shield itself from all potential legal actions from the public. "Study after study has already demonstrated that these chemical products will increase your risk of developing either cancer or Parkinson's," says Andrew Mertens of the Iowa Association for Justice. One of the deadliest and most widely used crop chemicals in Iowa and across the U.S. is Roundup (glyphosate), which has repeatedly been shown to cause cancer. Paraquat is another highly toxic crop chemical in widespread use. The Iowa Cancer Consortium has confirmed a link "between certain agricultural practices and pesticide use, and cancer," at least as far as agricultural workers are concerned. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) came to the same conclusion about glyphosate in particular, having dubbed the herbicide "probably carcinogenic to humans" in 2015 after many years of public debate about the issue. Since taking over Monsanto, the company responsible for Roundup, chemical giant Bayer has spent more than $10 billion trying to settle all the lawsuits over its cancer-causing products. "We're dealing with billions of dollars of lawsuits against the farm industry," said Sen. Jeff Edler (R-Marshall County) at a recent debate over SF 2412. "The reality is, that money is coming out of farmers' pockets." More related news can be found at Pesticides.news. Sources for this article include: X.com NaturalNews.com WeAreIowa.com
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