Bayer wants liability shield, pushes bill in TN, other states
15,000 existing pesticides and new angerous products would be covered
By TRUTHMONSTER - BY JOHN ANTHONY
German chemical giant Bayer is attempting to steamroll all 50 states and the federal government into approving a broad liability shield that protects pesticide and herbicide manufacturers from lawsuits…now and into the future.
In Tennessee, HB 809 establishes the liability shield and is set to be voted on in the House Judiciary Committee this Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, at noon central time. It has already passed the Senate.
(TENNESSEANS CAN TAKE ACTION TO STOP THIS BILL NOW.)
Bayer manufactures the controversial pesticide Roundup and would like legislatures and farmers to believe this bill is solely about that product. In fact, if passed HB 809 provides 100% liability for 15,000 different pesticides and ANY NEW pesticides and herbicides that may be developed in the future.
If this sounds like pharma’s vaccination shield, it is worse! Pfizer was forced to admit their vaccines can harm people. So, while they got a liability shield, in turn Congress established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Though it compensates relatively few cases, at least there was an admission of harm.
Not so with Bayer’s HB 809. They use debunked EPA studies to “prove” their products are safe — and the EPA let’s them get away with it!
Then the manufacturers hide behind captured groups like the Farm Bureau and Modern Ag Alliance to claim they care about farmers. But we’ve seen this game before.
It’s up to citizens to stop this erasure of our protections.