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Monsanto Lawsuit Claims Roundup Caused Cancer in Cambria Farmer
Los Angeles, California
The widow of a Vietnam war hero and prominent farmer from Cambria, California, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Monsanto, alleging the company purposely downplayed the cancer risk from exposure to Roundup, a Monsanto herbicide containing glyphosate. Teri McCall claims Roundup caused her husband, Jack McCall, to develop terminal cancer.
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After using Roundup on his farm for nearly 30 years, in September 2015, Jack McCall was admitted to a hospital to treat swollen lymph nodes in his neck. That same day, he learned that the swelling was being caused by anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare and aggressive version of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. No one on his farm knew that Roundup was a carcinogen since, according to the lawsuit, Monsanto had told farmers for decades that Roundup was non-toxic to humans.
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Foreshadowing this tragedy, three years before Jack McCall was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the family?s dog, Duke, a black Labrador, mysteriously developed lymphoma. Duke spent his life roaming the farm and sticking his nose into everything he could, including areas where Jack McCall was spraying with Roundup. Duke died from lymphoma about three years ago, at the young age of six years-old...
Los Angeles, California
The widow of a Vietnam war hero and prominent farmer from Cambria, California, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Monsanto, alleging the company purposely downplayed the cancer risk from exposure to Roundup, a Monsanto herbicide containing glyphosate. Teri McCall claims Roundup caused her husband, Jack McCall, to develop terminal cancer.
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After using Roundup on his farm for nearly 30 years, in September 2015, Jack McCall was admitted to a hospital to treat swollen lymph nodes in his neck. That same day, he learned that the swelling was being caused by anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare and aggressive version of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. No one on his farm knew that Roundup was a carcinogen since, according to the lawsuit, Monsanto had told farmers for decades that Roundup was non-toxic to humans.
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Foreshadowing this tragedy, three years before Jack McCall was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the family?s dog, Duke, a black Labrador, mysteriously developed lymphoma. Duke spent his life roaming the farm and sticking his nose into everything he could, including areas where Jack McCall was spraying with Roundup. Duke died from lymphoma about three years ago, at the young age of six years-old...