Merril Hoge, Former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago bears has joined the many hurt by RoundUp by filing a lawsuit against Monsanto/Bayer AG and the carcinogenic chemical glyphosate used in the weed killer. After being diagnosed in 2003 with non-Hodgkin’s he discovered his cancer may be linked to the use of RoundUp. […]
Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman has filed a lawsuit against Merck & Co., Inc. and subsidiary Merck Sharp & Dohme on behalf of a young Michigan woman who developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and several other serious health issues after receiving Gardasil; a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine . Gardasil […]
The popular sunscreen maker Coppertone has issued a voluntary recall of five aerosol sunscreen products due to the presence of benzene. Benzene is a chemical that can cause cancer after repeated exposure. The company announced the recall stating several types of sunscreen and has advised that consumers immediately stop using the listed products, which were […]
In a court filing this year Syngenta, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, and Chevron USA faced several hundred cases against them in both state and federal courts in the states that are still pending trial. The lawsuits claim that their paraquat-based herbicides cause Parkinson’s disease while the defendants deny any liability. A highly toxic chemical known […]