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   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."   
      
   "We can prove that Monsanto knew about the dangers of   
   glyphosate," said Michael McDivitt, whose Colorado-based law   
   firm is putting together cases for 50 individuals. "There are a   
   lot of studies showing glyphosate causes these cancers."   
      
   The firm held town hall gatherings in August in Kansas,   
   Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska seeking clients.   
      
   Monsanto said the WHO classification is wrong and that   
   glyphosate is among the safest pesticides on the planet.   
      
   "Glyphosate is not a carcinogen," company spokeswoman Charla   
   Lord said in an emailed statement. "The most extensive worldwide   
   human health databases ever compiled on an agricultural product   
   contradict the claims in the suits."   
      
   Roundup is used by farmers, homeowners and others around the   
   globe and brought Monsanto $4.8 billion in revenue in its fiscal   
   2015. But questions about Roundup's safety have dogged the   
   company for years.   
      
   Attorneys who have filed or are eying litigation cited strong   
   evidence that links glyphosate to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).   
   They said claims will likely be pursued collaboratively as mass   
   tort actions.   
      
   To find plaintiffs, the Baltimore firm of Saiontz & Kirk   
   advertises a "free Roundup lawsuit evaluation" on its website.   
   The Washington, D.C. firm Schmidt & Clark is doing the same, as   
   are other firms in Texas, Colorado and California.   
      
   One plaintiff in the Delaware lawsuit, Joselin Barrera, 24, a   
   child of migrant farm workers, claims her non-Hodgkin lymphoma   
   (NHL) is related to glyphosate exposure. Elias de la Garza, a   
   former migrant farm worker and landscaper diagnosed with NHL,   
   has a similar claim. Both live in Texas.   
      
   The third plaintiff is Judi Fitzgerald, a horticultural worker   
   diagnosed with leukemia in 2012. The Virginia resident joined   
   the Delaware case after asking for dismissal of a similar   
   lawsuit initially filed in federal court in New York.   
      
   Monsanto is also fending off claims over its past manufacturing   
   of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which the WHO classifies as   
   known carcinogens.   
      
   At least 700 lawsuits against Monsanto or Monsanto-related   
   entities are pending, brought by law firms on behalf of people   
   who claim their non-Hodgkin lymphoma was caused by exposure to   
   PCBs that the company had manufactured until the late 1970s.   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/15/us-usa-monsanto-   
   lawsuits-idUSKCN0S92H720151015   
      
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