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Former ESPN analyst Merril Hoge sues makers of Roundup, claims weed killer caused his cancer https://t.co/yap913LkuK #PIT
— Adrian Holman (@ahol888) August 1, 2019
The number of lawsuits against Bayer AG, the owner of Monsanto, that are currently in litigation due to side effects of the weed killer known has Roundup has jumped up to over 18,000 in the USA and in Australia. However, a face has not been attributed to these lawsuits because the people that have been suing Bayer are either farmers, field laborers, or gardeners.
Now, an American sports celebrity has sued Bayer. Former Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears running back and former ESPN NFL analyst Merril Hoge is suing because he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2003. He states that he worked on a farm in Idaho as a young boy in Idaho and that the exposure to Roundup led to him receiving the cancer diagnosis. Fortunately, the lymphoma is currently in remission.
Putting a face on this issue with Roundup will cause for more publicity to be given to the topic across the nation. Hoge is not a stranger to litigation as he won a case against the Chicago Bears when he played with the team in 1994. The team doctors advised that he was OK to return to a game, but he was put in danger of suffering brain damage because he was concussed during the game. His lawsuit 25 years ago finally shined a light upon concussions being a problem that the NFL needed to address. He will now look to expose the makers of Roundup.
I wish we didn’t have to do such things. I am hopeful everyone recovers.
I was stopping by to say thanks for being a part of Virily.
You are welcome. People choose greed over safety, so litigation is the only route to go.
I wonder how old he is….. because the exposures are a relatively recent issue. Or at least more so in the last ten years.
“Increase of glyphosate use in the USA: from 0.8 million pounds (1974) to 250 million pounds, 67 % of which occurred in just the last 10 years” – source —> https://seedfreedom.info/poison-cartel-fact-sheet/
He is currently 54, so that would put him right in that time where they were using glyphosate everywhere. Being that he was a rookie in the NFL around 1985, it means that he ended up getting non-Hodgkins lymphoma almost two decades after he was not even in contact with Roundup.
Golfers next maybe? Landscapers from golf courses are probably already in.
I’ve heard of a case in which a few landscapers from Australia have a lawsuit pending. Thanks for the link. It is major.
not to be a broken record, but enough with the civil suits- where are the criminal charges?
The criminal charges will not happen. Monsanto has been poisoning people for the past six decades. This route is the only possible route to put Monsanto out of business.
if they aren’t prosecuted, another company will pull the same tricks again. possibly even the same people just working for another company
Other companies have copied Monsanto; it’s the American way. Look at all of the pharmaceutical companies that hand out Oxycontin and other opioids like candy. However, Monsanto has been doing this stuff for decades and their run is almost over. It will depend on the Supreme Court so it’s still uncertain.
nothing is certain now that kavanaugh is sitting there
Many will sue, probably a class action suit to follow if not already.
Yes, this is getting out of hand. Bayer just needs to settle, but they are waiting until one of the cases reaches the Supreme Court. That’s not as outrageous as it may seem because the Supreme Court still believes that corporations are people instead of companies and businesses.
Sorry to hear about his diagnosis. He is one of 18,000 that will try and collect from Bayer.
There’s more people out there that need to try as well.
Wish them best of luck
He doesn’t need luck. He overcame cancer.