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Monsanto’s Roundup is the most widely used herbicide in the United States. Billions of pounds of the chemical are applied to crops every year.

Recent medical literature identifies a link between dermal (skin) and inhalation (breathing) exposure to Roundup with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and other serious injuries. At this time Andrus Wagstaff is accepting injuries related to Roundup and the development of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. With subtypes including, but not limited to, Large Diffuse B-cell, Follicular Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Mantle Cell and Cutaneous T-cell.

Given the nature of their job, farm workers are at the highest risk of injury caused by dermal or inhalation exposure to Roundup. Also, residential home use, such as gardening, driveways/walkways, construction, and yard maintenance, can be a significant contributing factor to the development of injury.

Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup. Due to the prevalent use of Roundup and Roundup-resistant crops, many weeds develop resistance to glyphosate. This resistance leads farmers to use more of the chemical in an effort to ward off weeds. This cycle only increases the health risks associated with Roundup.

The World Health Organization (“WHO”) labeled Roundup a “probable carcinogen”

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, has been linked to certain cancers in multiple studies. While Monsanto continues to claim that Roundup (glyphosate) is safe, the research proves otherwise. In 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer announced findings that Roundup is probably carcinogenic. Other leading experts opine that dermal and inhalation exposure to Roundup at levels experienced in the farming community can and do cause Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and other serious injuries. It is suspected that Monsanto has known of these risks associated with Roundup exposure since the early 1980s.

After the WHO’s recent report, the EPA is reevaluating its approval of this dangerous herbicide.

California added glyphosate to the list of chemicals that are known to cause cancer on July 7, 2017. Since glyphosate was listed as a known carcinogen under California’s Proposition 65 this would require companies that sell glyphosate in California to add new warning labels to their packaging. California’s decision to do this, makes them the national leader in helping to protect their people from harmful pesticides.