U.S. lawsuits build against Monsanto over alleged Roundup cancer link

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

(Reuters) - Personal injury law firms around the United States are lining up plaintiffs for what they say could be "mass tort" actions against agrichemical giant Monsanto Co that claim the company's Roundup herbicide has caused cancer in farm workers and others exposed to the chemical.

The latest lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Delaware Superior Court by three law firms representing three plaintiffs.

The lawsuit is similar to others filed last month in New York and California accusing Monsanto of long knowing that the main ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, was hazardous to human health. Monsanto "led a prolonged campaign of misinformation to convince government agencies, farmers and the general population that Roundup was safe," the lawsuit states.

The litigation follows the World Health Organization's declaration in March that there was sufficient evidence to classify glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/u-lawsuits-build-against-monsanto-over-alleged-roundup-183546290--finance.html

[pnwmom]

1. Thanks for the post. n/t

[FlatBaroque]

2. bet this is related to MonSatan's merger talks with Syngenta. nt

[Cassiopeia]

8. Which last I read is dead in the water.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. About friggin time!!

[PatSeg]

4. That's for sure!

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Spent the last 7 months saying good bye to

a family member and several of their neighbors who passed from lung Cancer. All were Corn and Bean Cash Croppers. And in ever case,they planted and raised GMO Corn and Beans for many years. Local medical person said she suspected a correlation.

[PatSeg]

10. That's awful

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[Wellstone ruled]

22. All one has to do is ask why so many Hospic Care Centers are being built

in Rural Communities. Cancer Cluster's. Just a hidden epidemic that Monsanto and Bayer are doing their best to hide. This past several months we noticed a subtle advertising of the corporate spin of their GMO Seeds. Sponsors and Co-sponsers of Community Events. Call it what it is,a bribe,and fake threats to anyone who might oppose or expose the looming dangers. Well,we can always move this seed plant.

[PatSeg]

23. I would like to say "unbelievable"

but when it comes to Monsanto, there seems to be no limit to their callous disregard for life.

And it drives me nuts that their paid trolls jump on every GMO or Monsanto thread mocking very real concerns. What a rotten way to make a living.

[Wellstone ruled]

28. An honest Bio Chemist will tel you what

I have been alluding to. This shit will kill you!!!! Now those here that are apologist for GMO's make my day. Did Lab's with this stuff and the results were ugly and that was in the sixties when AMACO was looking for a replacement for DDT and 2-4-T(agent orange).

[PatSeg]

29. Reminds me so much of the tobacco industry

but this is much worse. People consciously inhaled tobacco smoke, but many people have no idea they are being exposed to these hazardous chemicals.

You clearly are well informed on the subject. I really appreciate your perspective.

[mountain grammy]

5. Go get em, the evil bastards.

[Cassiopeia]

7. It's just Glyphosate

I'm disgusted by how often I said this while using the shit professionally.

I still use it today, but I'm much more careful about it. I use as little as possible and I "gear up" when I use it.

Edit to add:

Monsanto invented Glyphosate widely known as Roundup.

EVERY chemical company that makes herbicides now make Glyphosate. It is an off patent product so every company now has a generic of the same chemical.

Responsibility now falls on ALL of those companies now, not just Monsanto imo.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

36. Not sure of the science behind this.

But it was rather telling when the Monsanto spokesperson turned down a glass of Roundup during a TV Interview after he was done explaining how safe it was.

[MisterP]

9. presumably like Exxon they've known for several decades, too

[reddread]

17. so has the US government

they needed some time to stack the SCOTUS.

[Archae]

11. Yup, first the panic-spreaders, then the lawyers...

Whatever happened to all the lawsuits against fake boob manufacturers?

The lawsuits against vaccine makers?

The lawsuits against Heavy Metal bands?

[Cassiopeia]

14. You forgot the injured workers.

[Archae]

15. Big difference there.

I know it's not exactly the most popular topic here, but there actually ARE frivilous lawsuits, that pop up.

Like the one Bush's legal flacks filed against Gore in Florida.

And since all the established science says this "ROUNDUP IZ PERZOIN!" hysterics are wrong, this does look like a frivilous lawsuit.

[Cassiopeia]

16. Roundup.

I love how that brand name gets all the blame.

I'm guessing you have never been around the product on a daily basis.

[PatSeg]

24. Sounds like a talking point

for a right-wing forum.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

20. Drink a gallon of the shit. Knock yourself out.

There's a big difference between scientists and corporate whores. Guess which ones Monsanto pays.

[villager]

26. It's the abject cold-heartedness of the corporate apologists that's really astonishing

In that, they feel zero obligation to moderate any of that cold-heartedness, when they post here.

Maybe it's not so astonishing anymore.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

12. here he is

some people

[BuddhaGirl]

13. Good!

[Nitram]

18. I'm not sure the science is really in on this one.

Guy gets leukemia and sues Monsanto? Exactly what types of cancer is glyphosate linked to? As a glyphosate user I would like more information. And, by the way, it's a lot cheaper to get an off-brand glyphosate product than Monsanto's RoundUp. It's going to be hard to prove Monsanto alone is responsible even if a direct link to particular cancers is found. I'm not an apologist for Monsanto or glyphosate. I just don't think we have enough information yet.

[bemildred]

19. Good, bankrupt them. nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. I don't use chemicals in my home or in my yard.

I just figure that whatever has the capacity to kill other living things is not going to be good for me or my animals.

[PatSeg]

25. That's a pretty good way to look at things

I'm making a lot of my own products these days. I just don't trust most large companies anymore.

[leftyladyfrommo]

27. I do use cleaning products.

But no pesticides or weed killers. Of course my lawn looks like shit but I don't care. I'm sure my neighbors don't like it much but they are all renters so it doesn't matter.

I have a friend who has roaches big time. She uses can after can of roach spray. That just can't be good for her.

[PatSeg]

30. I used to use vinegar in my garden

for the weeds and salt on the ones that grew up in the cracks in the concrete. I still use some cleaners, but I'm simplifying a lot of it. Actually basic products like vinegar, baking soda, rubbing alcohol, etc., often do a better job than the chemical laden products and they don't make me wheeze.

I've had to deal with roaches and ants, and I learned (from an exterminator actually) that boric acid is highly effective and harmless to people and pets. Those sprays are pretty bad and only work for a the short term.

[leftyladyfrommo]

31. I had a friend who lived in Hawaii

And she said everyone has roaches there. She used boric acid crystals. And kept all food in sealed plastic containers.

The friend with roaches has been using that spray for years. The bugs are taking over. It's pretty bad.

[PatSeg]

32. If she's used the spray for years

and she still has them, I would think she might want to consider another approach! The roaches are probably laughing at her behind her back.

[leftyladyfrommo]

33. I think they are.

They have gotten into all the electrical appliances. Her stuff just stops on a regular basis. She can't have repair people in because they just go crazy.

Did you know that roaches all have different personalities? Someone actually studied that. They are really amazing if you can get passed the fact they are roaches.

[PatSeg]

34. I didn't know that

Now I'm really picturing them laughing at her. That sounds like a real nightmare though. Years ago I lived in Mississippi for a year and the roaches were horrible. We didn't have a lot of problems with them, but people who lived there all their lives were rather used to them and as a result didn't put a lot of effort into getting rid of them. I've been in houses that were totally infested, much like your friend's and it makes my skin crawl just thinking of it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

35. I can't stand roaches.

I have camel crickets in the crawl space that come into the house during certain seasons. They don't bother anything and I just pick them up and put them outside.