Farmers ‘very worried’ as US pesticide firms push to bar cancer diagnoses lawsuits

Pesticide-backed proposed law that opponents call Cancer Gag Act' pits Iowa farm groups against each other

Pesticide company efforts to push through laws that could block litigation against them is igniting battles in several US farm states and pitting some farm groups against each other.

Laws have been introduced in at least eight states so far and drafts are circulating in more than 20 states, backed by a deluge of advertising supporting the measures.