About 100 people gathered at the statehouse Monday to rally against a bill that would grant some liability protection to pesticide and herbicide manufacturers. The bill cleared the Iowa Senate last year and is getting a rehearing this year.

"… This is not right for the families who have suffered so much already." Schutt was among more than 150 Iowans in the Iowa Capitol Monday who protested a bill advancing in the Senate that would limit Iowans' ability to sue agricultural chemical manufacturers for not warning users of potential health risks.

Iowa’s State House was the scene of demonstrations in opposition of a bill that would protect pesticide companies. Senate Study Bill 1051 would protect pesticide manufacturers from civil liability if their warning label is registered with the EPA (U.