North Carolina Personal Injury Blog

The famous weed killer Roundup was developed to effectively kill any plants that gardeners or farmers didn't want on their property. Monsanto, the company that developed the compound, went so far as to also develop crop seeds that were resistant to the spray, allowing farmers to readily apply the herbicide to their entire field without worrying about killing their crops.

While some kinds of plants seem to do just fine with glyphosate exposure, the same is not necessarily true of humans exposed to this potent plant killer, especially if the exposure is heavy and over a long time. There has been some scientific correlation between prolonged exposure to glyphosate and the developments of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma later on in life.

Did you know that asbestos exposure, and the diseases that come with it being a carcinogen, leads to approximately 40,000 deaths in America each year? Every kind of asbestos can lead to cancers including mesothelioma, cancers of the ovaries and larynx, asbestosis and lung cancer.

In most industrialized countries around the world, asbestos is no longer used. In fact, the United States is the last western industrialized nation that has not banned asbestos. That means that millions of Americans could be exposed to this dangerous mineral.

The potentially serious medical risks associated with glyphosate use have become increasingly well-known in recent months. The mainstream media has begun to pay attention to the dangers of this ubiquitous chemical, as several major lawsuits have ruled in the favor of plaintiffs who alleged that the compound, a major ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, caused their serious cancers.

Certain forms of lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's in particular, have a correlation with repeated and prolonged exposure to Roundup's main ingredient, glyphosate. Monsanto, the company that developed the compound, has continued to deny that glyphosate is dangerous or poses a risk to the public.

Asbestos recalls are somewhat common. If you closely follow product recalls or asbestos news, you may remember that in early 2018, the brand Justice recalled a number of products because of reports that laboratories found asbestos in some of them. There were similar claims made against the accessories chain store Claire's, although Claire's had less of an immediate reaction then Justice did.

However, it appears that Claire's is still struggling with sourcing clean talc for their makeup and avoiding asbestos contamination in the products that they sell to young girls. There is currently a nationwide voluntary recall and an FDA recommendation against using certain makeup purchased at Claire's or from Beauty Plus Global.