The 2026 Farm Bill just dropped, and as expected, it contains a clause that gives chemical companies de facto immunity from lawsuits.

Unfortunately, the Farm Bill still includes a liability shield provision – Section 10205 – that does nothing to reign in pesticide approvals or preserve the ability of people to sue chemical companies when they market dangerous pesticides like glyphosate. In fact, this liability shield is more expansive than the one introduced last Farm Bill, shielding companies from liability not only when chemicals cause disastrous human health impacts, but when their products destroy soils and crops

This bill does nothing to crack down on bad actors. It merely references longstanding authority for EPA to pursue “unlawful acts” by any pesticide manufacturer, an authority it has almost never used, even when foundational studies are shown to be the product of fraud.

PESTICIDE PROVISIONS:

STRIKE!

Sec. 10202: Requires EPA to coordinate with USDA and weigh economic viability in pesticide risk and safety decisions. This embeds production economics directly into health protection decisions, putting business before safety.

Sec. 10204: Extends a statutory deadline requiring EPA to re-review all pesticides until 2031, allowing unsafe chemicals to remain on the market and delaying much-needed endocrine screenings for dozens of hormone-disrupting chemicals.

SEC. 10205: UNIFORMITY OF PESTICIDE LABELING REQUIREMENTS. This section blocks states, local, and court rights and effectively gives immunity for lawsuits.

Sec. 10206: Bans local governments from implementing local pesticide restrictions, meaning that hundreds of towns and cities across the country will lose protections put in place to stop glyphosate use in schools, playgrounds, and community parks.

Sec. 10207: Loosens restrictions on pesticides sprayed directly into bodies of water, threatening safe drinking water by allowing excess chemical contamination.

Sec. 10211:  While Section 10211 improves data collection, the package overall reduces pressure on EPA to speed up backlogged safety reviews. Section 10207 overrides other laws, potentially weakening environmental oversight, and delays overdue toxicity reviews.

EMR RELATED PROVIOSIONS:

Sec. 608: Promotes the use of wireless technology over fiber optic for precision agriculture and could be read to disallow funding for fiber networks if there is an existing qualifying and funded wireless network. 

Sec. 6302: promotes precision agriculture. Precision Ag is useful to Big Ag, but relatively hard for small farmers because of complexity and expense. Further, if not regulated, it will lead to more EMR exposure to humans, livestock and other species. Finally, it will require more infrastructure – harmful 5G and 6G cell towers – in rural areas.

Say YESMAAM! Put our children and the health and safety of our American farmers first!

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