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Help stop legislation in Idaho (HB 303) that will shield pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. Beyond Pesticides is a national, grassroots organization that represents community-based organizations and a range of people seeking to improve protections from pesticides and promote alternative pest management strategies that reduce or eliminate reliance on toxic pesticides.

HB 303 was filed on February 21, with a public hearing previously expected at a moment's notice in the House Agriculture Committee. HB 303 may be replaced with a new bill number before the end of the session on April 10.  Update—HB 303 was defeated after failing to move forward out of committee.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect our health and the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff's injury,” says Ms. Rollins.

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year when bills were introduced in Missouri, Iowa, and Idaho. We mobilized last year with little warning, and we were able to defeat these bills. Currently, bills have been introduced in eleven states and defeated in eleven. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people. 

>> Please ask your state Representative to OPPOSE HB 303 by clicking here. [Inactive].

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For more information, see our Myths & Facts and Idaho resource page, as well as the Failure-to-Warn and Pesticide Immunity Bills resource hub.

Letter to the Idaho Senate: [Original text from April 4, 2025]

I am writing to ask you to tell your colleagues in the House to oppose HB 303 on "product liability," effectively shielding pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. The chemical companies have argued unsuccessfully all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court that they should not be required to warn consumers about the dangers of their products. So now they are asking the Idaho legislature to do what they have not been able to do in the courts—prevent people harmed by toxic products from suing them.

HB 303 was filed on February 21, with a public hearing previously expected at a moment's notice in the House Agriculture Committee. HB 303 may be replaced with a new bill number before the end of the session on April 10.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer and farmer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect those who use potentially hazardous materials, public safety, and the health of the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff’s injury,” says Ms. Rollins. For more information, see Myths & Facts sheet (bp-dc.org/failure-to-warn-myths-and-facts-sheet) and Idaho state resource page. (https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/bills-to-track/northwest-target-states)

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year to at least eleven states. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people.

Please tell your colleagues to oppose HB 303 and ensure that those who are harmed by toxic products are compensated.

Thank you!

Letter to the Idaho House: [Original text from April 4, 2025]  

I am writing to ask you to oppose HB 303 on "product liability," effectively shielding pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. The chemical companies have argued unsuccessfully all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court that they should not be required to warn consumers about the dangers of their products. So now they are asking the Idaho legislature to do what they have not been able to do in the courts—prevent people harmed by toxic products from suing them.

HB 303 was filed on February 21, with a public hearing previously expected at a moment's notice in the House Agriculture Committee. HB 303 may be replaced with a new bill number before the end of the session on April 10.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer and farmer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect those who use potentially hazardous materials, public safety, and the health of the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff’s injury,” says Ms. Rollins. For more information, see Myths & Facts sheet (bp-dc.org/failure-to-warn-myths-and-facts-sheet) and Idaho state resource page. (https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/bills-to-track/northwest-target-states)

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year to at least eleven states. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people.

Please oppose HB 303 and ensure that those who are harmed by toxic products are compensated.

Thank you!

Letter to the Idaho Senate: [Original text from March 6, 2025]

I am writing to ask you to tell your colleagues in the House to oppose HB 303 on "product liability," effectively shielding pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. The chemical companies have argued unsuccessfully all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court that they should not be required to warn consumers about the dangers of their products. So now they are asking the Idaho legislature to do what they have not been able to do in the courts—prevent people harmed by toxic products from suing them.

HB 303 was filed on February 21, with a public hearing expected the week March 10-14 in the House Agriculture Committee.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer and farmer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect those who use potentially hazardous materials, public safety, and the health of the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff’s injury,” says Ms. Rollins. For more information, see Myths & Facts sheet (bp-dc.org/failure-to-warn-myths-and-facts-sheet) and Idaho state resource page. (https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/bills-to-track/northwest-target-states)

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year to at least eleven states. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people.

Please tell your colleagues to oppose HB 303 and ensure that those who are harmed by toxic products are compensated.

Thank you!

Letter to the Idaho House: [Original text from March 6, 2025]

I am writing to ask you to oppose HB 303 on "product liability," effectively shielding pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. The chemical companies have argued unsuccessfully all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court that they should not be required to warn consumers about the dangers of their products. So now they are asking the Idaho legislature to do what they have not been able to do in the courts—prevent people harmed by toxic products from suing them.

HB 303 was filed on February 21, with a public hearing expected the week of March 10-14 in the House Agriculture Committee.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer and farmer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect those who use potentially hazardous materials, public safety, and the health of the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff’s injury,” says Ms. Rollins. For more information, see Myths & Facts sheet (bp-dc.org/failure-to-warn-myths-and-facts-sheet) and Idaho state resource page. (https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/bills-to-track/northwest-target-states)

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year to at least eleven states. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people.

Please oppose HB 303 and ensure that those who are harmed by toxic products are compensated.

Thank you!

Letter to the Idaho Senate: [Original text from February 28, 2025]

I am writing to ask you to tell your colleagues in the House to oppose HB 303 on "product liability," effectively shielding pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. The chemical companies have argued unsuccessfully all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court that they should not be required to warn consumers about the dangers of their products. So now they are asking the Idaho legislature to do what they have not been able to do in the courts—prevent people harmed by toxic products from suing them.

HB 303 was introduced on February 21 and a public hearing is expected soon in the House Agriculture Committee.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer and farmer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect those who use potentially hazardous materials, public safety, and the health of the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff’s injury,” says Ms. Rollins. For more information, see the Myths & Facts sheet (bp-dc.org/failure-to-warn-myths-and-facts-sheet) and Idaho state resource page. (https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/bills-to-track/northwest-target-states)

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year to at least seven states. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people.

Please tell your colleagues to oppose HB 303 and ensure that those who are harmed by toxic products are compensated.

Thank you!

Letter to the Idaho House: [Original text from February 28, 2025]

I am writing to ask you to oppose HB 303 on "product liability," effectively shielding pesticide manufacturers from being sued by people who have been harmed by their products. The chemical companies have argued unsuccessfully all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court that they should not be required to warn consumers about the dangers of their products. So now they are asking the Idaho legislature to do what they have not been able to do in the courts—prevent people harmed by toxic products from suing them.

HB 303 was introduced on February 21 and a public hearing is expected soon in the House Agriculture Committee.

If this bill were to pass, it would strike a blow to consumer and farmer safety for all toxic products. In a climate with less regulation, the ability to sue creates an incentive for manufacturers to develop safer products that protect those who use potentially hazardous materials, public safety, and the health of the environment—not to mention the compensation it provides to those harmed.

Failure-to-warn claims serve as the basis for the overwhelming majority of pesticide injury litigation of the past decade, according to legal professionals, including Brigit Rollins, JD, staff attorney at the National Agriculture Law Center. Failure-to-warn is a legal argument grounded in the common law of state court systems across the nation. “Almost every pesticide injury lawsuit filed in the past ten years has included a claim that the pesticide manufacturer failed to warn the plaintiff of the health risks associated with using their product and that such failure caused the plaintiff’s injury,” says Ms. Rollins. For more information, see the Myths & Facts sheet (bp-dc.org/failure-to-warn-myths-and-facts-sheet) and Idaho state resource page. (https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/bills-to-track/northwest-target-states)

Petrochemical-based pesticide manufacturers, predominately German-owned Bayer-Monsanto, are expanding their all-out push from last year to at least seven states. The focus of these bills is to protect chemical corporations, not people.

Please oppose HB 303 and ensure that those who are harmed by toxic products are compensated.

Thank you!