EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over supreme court fight, agency records show
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The EPA chief met with Bayer CEO to discuss Supreme Court action regarding its glyphosate weed killer.
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Top US regulators from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) met with Bayer CEO Bill Anderson and two other executives on June 17 to discuss “litigation” issues, including “supreme court action” regarding its glyphosate weed killer. This meeting occurred as Bayer sought to quash US litigation from tens of thousands of people alleging cancer from its glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup. Months after the meeting, the Trump administration took steps to boost Bayer’s case at the high court, according to internal government records.
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