Roundup Lawsuits
Filing Roundup Cancer Claims to Pay for Medical Care & Other Losses
Roundup is one of the most popular herbicides in the world, used by farmers,
ranchers, and gardners internationally. For nearly 40 years, Roundup has
offered farmers a way to kill weeds without harming their crops. While
there have long been theories and correlative evidence connecting glyphosate
to cancer, it wasn’t until 2019 that a meta study from the Agricultural
Health Study found that exposure to glyphosate was linked to increased
risk for Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Now, Arnold & Itkin LLP is holding Bayer/Monsanto and its parent company
Bayer accountable for decades of Roundup exposure that potentially led
to countless cases of cancer. Both companies must be held accountable
for their dangerous product, pay for the medical costs and damages done
to their victims, and add a warning to their product to ensure no one
else develops cancer from Roundup.
Learn if you have a case by using our short form today.
A Brief History of Roundup
In 1974, a new herbicide named Roundup developed by Bayer/Monsanto hit
the market, which promised farmers the ability to kill weeds without tilling
or risking soil erosion. Roundup also sold itself as an environmentally
friendly herbicide because it didn’t wash into streams and ground
water, which was a problem with herbicides at the time. It wasn’t
until 1996 that Roundup use exploded. In 1996, Bayer/Monsanto released
its first Roundup-resistant soybean seeds, which meant growers could use
herbicide without fear of killing their crops. About 10 years later, Dr.
John Franz—the inventor of glyphosate, Roundup’s active ingredient—was
brought into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame.
It wouldn’t be for another decade that Dr. John Franz’s creation
would be revealed as a chemical that causes cancer in humans. Despite
multiple reports in recent years tying glyphosate to cancer in humans,
Bayer/Monsanto has denied that Roundup has any cancer-causing chemicals.
Glyphosate Levels Rising in the Population
The Journal of the American Medical Association conducted a study looking
at glyphosate levels in Southern California residents over the age of
50. The study took samples from people from 1996 to 2016. Their findings
revealed that over the course of 20 years, Californians over the age of
50 had 500% more glyphosate in their systems. The study on Southern Californians
is ongoing; researchers are now determining if humans are consuming glyphosate
through their food or if they’re inhaling it.
Roundup Usage on the Rise Due to Resistant Weeds
Weeds, like any organism, eventually adapts to its environment. After decades
of being subjected to the same weed killer, weeds have become increasingly
resistant to Roundup. Roundup-resistant weeds were a problem as early
as 2000, and as a result, farmers have used higher and higher volumes
of Roundup. This has no doubt had a beneficial effect on Bayer/Monsanto’s
bottom line.
Where it
hasn’t had a beneficial effect is on the lives of industrial workers. Both agricultural
workers and railroad workers have spent years being exposed to high concentrations
of Roundup, many developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a result.
These workers deserve to have their medical treatment, lost wages, and
future care paid for by the company who harmed them.
Hold Large Companies Accountable for the Impact of Dangerous Products
When a company creates a product that has a history of causing harm, they
have a legal and ethical obligation to compensate their victims for that harm.
We all learned from a young age: when you make a mess, you have to clean
it up. In this case, “cleaning it up” means compensating cancer
victims for costly medical care, years of lost life, pain and suffering,
and emotional anguish.
That’s how the companies responsible for manufacturing this product
need to be held accountable.
However, companies as large as Bayer/Monsanto won’t take responsibility
for harm unless someone makes them do it. Arnold & Itkin LLP has been
holding large corporations accountable since 2004, securing billions of
dollars in verdicts and settlements against the most well-equipped and
well-prepared wrongdoers in the nation. We’ve secured massive verdicts
against companies like Johnson & Johnson, William Olefins, BP, and
more. We won an $8 billion verdict for a harmful drug that left our client
disfigured—the largest verdict of its kind in the nation’s history.
These are the victories Arnold & Itkin is known for winning.
If you’re looking for a lawyer who will deploy every resource, will
explore every avenue of compensation, and has a proven record of success,
then we’re the firm you’ve been looking for.
