Don't Give Pesticide Manufacturers Like Bayer and ChemChina Liability Protections
President Trump
Right now, Iowa has the second-highest cancer rates in the country—and the crisis is getting worse, not better. A growing body of scientific research is linking this surge to industrial agriculture: pesticide exposure, PFAS contamination, and dangerously high nitrate levels in our drinking water.
But instead of standing with families and children facing cancer, President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are siding with powerful chemical companies—pushing laws that would shield foreign pesticide giants like Bayer (formerly Monsanto) and ChemChina from accountability.
These are the same companies whose products—glyphosate, atrazine, dicamba, and paraquat—have been linked to devastating health harms: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Parkinson’s disease, infertility, endocrine disruption, neurological damage, stillbirths, and developmental disorders in children.
Tell Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress: stand with American families—not the corporations poisoning our communities and bankrolling your campaigns. It’s time to put people over profits.
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To:
President Trump
From:
[Your Name]
President Trump,
All Americans deserve the fundamental right to seek justice when they are harmed by pesticides such as glyphosate, atrazine, dicamba, and paraquat. That right is not optional. It is a cornerstone of our legal system.
Your ongoing campaign to secure liability shields through Congress, the Supreme Court, and an Executive Order is a direct attempt to take that right away. These efforts would deny families their day in court, silence those who have suffered harm, and place corporate interests above public health and the rule of law.
It is deeply troubling that multinational corporations—including Bayer and those tied to ChemChina—are pressuring American policymakers to weaken long-standing legal protections. No company should be allowed to rewrite the rules to avoid accountability for the impacts of its products.
Iowa has the second-highest rates of cancer in the U.S., and the scientific and legal concerns surrounding these chemicals—from cancer and Parkinson’s disease to endocrine disruption and reproductive harm—deserve transparency, scrutiny, and accountability, not immunity.
Pesticide liability shields remain deeply unpopular with a growing number of voters who reject these corporate protections at the expense of individual rights to sue companies that knowingly sell products that cause harm.
A 2024 poll by Accountable Iowa of Iowa Republicans found that efforts to pass cancer lawsuit liability bills, which were defeated in the Iowa state legislature this year, could significantly cost Republicans in state and federal elections in 2026.
* 87% of registered Republican respondents oppose giving chemical companies like
Bayer-Monsanto immunity from lawsuits.
* 94% of surveyed Republican voters agreed that it is very concerning that the EPA relies
on industry-funded data to carry out safety studies.
We urge you to immediately halt your pursuit of pesticide liability shields and respect the rights of individuals, families, and farmers to seek justice in a court of law. Accountability is not a threat to democracy—it is its foundation.
Sincerely,
[Your Name ]