Since 2015, evidence from the scientific community has increasingly shown that glyphosate, which is commonly found in herbicides like Roundup, causes cancer. Outcry began in earnest after findings from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top cancer research arm that cited glyphosate as a probable carcinogen. This has led to strong disagreement from Monsanto and prominent politicians alike, even as the WHO has firmly held to its claims that herbicides cause cancer.
For its part, California has won a recent legal battle against Monsanto when the California Appellate Court held that the state could move forward by including glyphosate on its list of known carcinogens under Proposition 65.
And, evidence also suggests that repeated exposure to products containing glyphosate, such as Roundup, may lead to the greatest risk of cancer. As such, workers who regularly used Roundup or similar glyphosate products are probably most likely to be the victims of a cancer diagnosis caused by glyphosate.
Workers Who Are Repeatedly Exposed to Glyphosate May Be Most At-Risk for Cancer
In a recent court case, a scientist testified that an extraordinarily high amount of animal study data has been used by the cancer research scientists at the WHO, and based on this data, the scientist opined that "exposure to glyphosate not only can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma [in humans], but it is currently doing so, at current exposure levels today.”
If the recent scientific evidence is correct — meaning that exposure to glyphosate can cause cancer — then agricultural workers, landscapers and similar professionals are most at-risk to receive a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis.
How Can Workers Be Exposed to Glyphosate in Roundup and Similar Products
Primarily, a worker can be exposed to the potential dangers of glyphosate in the following ways:
- Inhalation while spraying or mixing the product
- Ingesting the food or drinking a beverage contaminated with the product
- Getting the product on the skin
Each of these occurrences are especially likely for workers who have been repeatedly exposed to products like Roundup ever since glyphosate was discovered as an herbicide in the 1970s.
Exposure to Roundup weed killer that leads to a cancer diagnosis should also lead victims to speak with a Roundup cancer lawyer. Even now, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed in this relatively new legal landscape. At The Ledger Law Firm, our team will protect your legal rights or the rights of a loved one who worked with Roundup prior to receiving a surprising cancer diagnosis.
Our team has a proven national history of helping victims recover significant compensation when cancer is caused by a responsible party’s legal wrongdoing. Contact our team for a legal consultation to protect your rights and see whether you are entitled to compensation for your cancer diagnosis.
