Tennesseans Rally to Kill Bill That Wants to Protect Big Chem

By Adam Garrie The MAHA Report

Representatives in the Tennessee House of Representatives will very soon vote on HB 809, a bill that, if passed, would allow such companies as Bayer—the maker of Roundup—to evade all responsibility should its products cause people harm.

Today is one of the last opportunities to kill the bill, if enough members of the Tennessee House Judiciary Committee vote against it. Activists say the House is fast-tracking it, sans transparency.

Kelly Ryerson, Co-Executive Director of American Regeneration, stated: “HB 809 hands Bayer and other chemical giants a free pass at the exact moment we should be demanding more transparency and greater accountability. This Bill tells farmers, groundskeepers, and families harmed by pesticides that their pain or death is just the cost of doing business, and that is morally indefensible.”

Multiple groups, including the non-profit Stand For Health Freedom, Moms Across America, and American Regeneration, are encouraging Tennesseans to call their state representatives and tell them to kill the bill.

Courts across the country have found that Bayer failed to warn customers that exposure to Roundup, the popular herbicide, can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a deadly blood cancer.

HB 809 would protect all pesticide and herbicide makers—including Bayer, which is not based in the United States—from legal accountability by providing them with an extremely broad liability shield.

Apart from vaccine makers, few other companies enjoy such protections from our justice system.

If the bill is passed by the Tennessee legislature and then signed by the governor, even the U.S. Supreme Court’s expected ruling—which will decide whether or not Bayer must comply with state regulations that would force the company to warn of the dangers of Roundup—will not have any positive effect on Tennesseans.

Dr. Alexandra Muñoz, a leading toxicologist, said, “This bill is not just about glyphosate: it applies to over 57,000 pesticide products and all future pesticides, including chemicals linked to cancer, Parkinson’s disease, endocrine disruption, infertility, and impaired sexual development.”

Dr. Muñoz added, “This industry already knowingly sells carcinogens without cancer warnings. What will they sell when no one can hold them accountable?”