Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit Attorney

Monsanto’s Glyphosate Herbicides

Roundup is the best-known Monsanto product laced with glyphosate, but several different Monsanto products also contain the probable carcinogen glyphosate.

Monsanto’s False Advertising

Monsanto’s grandiose claims for Roundup and glyphosate include the falsehood that glyphosate targets an enzyme found only in plants but not in pets or people.  Monsanto is being sued for this blatantly false advertising.  The New York attorney general won a lawsuit against Monsanto in 1996 that made the chemical giant stop making all sorts of false claims about Roundup, though those false claims remain on Roundup labels in every other state in the country.

Superweeds, Wasted Water & Ruined Guts

Monsanto’s GMO products and chemical farming methods have also spawned superweeds that many farmers have tried to battle by applying greater and greater amounts of Roundup.  In addition, GMO seeds can require enormous amounts of water to grow their plants, at a time when potable water has become more valuable than oil throughout the world.  The terminator seeds which Monsanto produces contain the herbicide in the plant itself, so that anyone eating GMO plants is ingesting pesticide directly, destroying the natural balance of the human gut.  These terminator seeds continue to wreak havoc in the human and animal gut long after they have been ingested.

Roundup for Killing

Roundup (glyphosate) is the most widely-used herbicide (weed-killer) in the world.  It is used on countless lawns and gardens, school playgrounds, orchards, parks, and  80% (or so) of corn and soybeans grown in the U.S.

Glyphosate, Roundup’s main active ingredient, was commercialized by Monsanto in 1974.  It works by specifically inhibiting an enzyme essential to plant growth.  That same enzyme is also essential to the growth of animals, including humans.  Monsanto claims that this enzyme is found only in plants but not in animals or humans. This is a blatantly false claim for which Monsanto is being sued in California.

Glyphosate-Containing Products

Roundup Ultra®, Roundup Pro®, Accord®, Honcho®, Pondmaster®, Protocol®, Rascal®, Expedite®, Ranger®, Bronco®, Campain®, Landmaster®, Fallow Master® by Monsanto; Glyphomax®, Glypro®, Rodeo® by Dow AgroSciences; Glyphosate herbicide by Du Pont; Silhouette® by Cenex/Land O’Lakes; Rattler®, Hoss Ultra®, Showdown®  by Helena; Mirage®, KleenUp®, Makaze®, Mad Dog® by Loveland;  Jury® by Riverside/Terra; Touchdown® by Syngenta; and more

GMO Corn Linked to Cancer

Rats fed GMO corn have been shown to develop hideous tumors.  (See PDF) The Monsanto-backed detractors who now attack Gilles-Eric Seralini – the man who co-authored the famous rat tumor studies – say the rat study is too small, or that rat data can’t be applied to humans.  Rats are used in countless studies for  humans, and in nearly every case when a clear cancer link has been proven, the product in question has been banned from the market. Or the cancer-causing product has at least been forced by FDA to include a warning. No such warning exists for Monsanto and its toxic GMO crops. Monsanto was allowed by the FDA to elude any meaningful regulations when it unleashed Roundup/glyphosate on Americans three decades ago. The agency simply perused the scant short-term “safety” research Monsanto had done on its own GMO’s, ignored all the cancer-related warning signs, then gave Monsanto carte blanche to unleash all the GMO corn, soy, and other toxic products that it wished on the U.S.

Roundup Linked to Lymphoma

Now, however, we have the advantage of seeing the health impacts wrought by Monsanto’s Roundup and the FDA’s rubber stamping of GMO foods in the U.S. Three decades worth of studies on Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup (Glyphosate) have now demonstrated a clear link between Roundup and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).  A paper published in April 2014 details the study and the proof that glyphosate causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.  The paper gives a systematic review and a series of meta-analyses of nearly 30 years of “epidemiologic research on the relationship between non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and occupational exposure to agricultural pesticide active ingredients and chemical groups.”

What Is Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma?

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer that grows in white blood cells called lymphocytes.  Part of the body’s immune system, these cells help prevent infections.  NHL can grow in lymph tissue throughout the body.  Low-grade NHL can progress slowly, showing no symptoms for years.  High-grade lymphoma can spread aggressively and rapidly cause death.

Studies Link Roundup & Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Three major studies published since 2001 link Roundup with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Other published studies have found Roundup causes cancer in rodents and genotoxic effects in humans.

• March 2015:  The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency declared Roundup a “probable human carcinogen” based on evidence from several studies.
• October 2008:  Swedish researchers in the International Journal of Cancer found men exposed to Roundup doubled their risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• September 2003:  Occupational and Environmental Medicine published a study that found a 60% increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma based on three large studies of midwestern farmworkers.
• November 2001:  Canadian researchers in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers published a study which found higher exposures to Roundup associated with higher rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.