Class-action lawsuit alleges weed killer Roundup caused Sask. farmer’s cancer
A Saskatchewan farmer is leading a class action lawsuit alleging that the widely-used herbicide Roundup caused him to develop cancer, teeing up a legal fight with one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Roundup's active ingredient is glyphosate, a Health Canada-approved herbicide that is in more than 130 products sold across Canada. The statement of claim describes Roundup as “more dangerous than an ordinary customer would expect” and says the defendants “knew of or ought to have known that Roundup posed a risk of cancer and other serious illness.”
“Glyphosate has been extensively studied globally by scientists and regulators, and results from this research confirm it is not carcinogenic. We firmly stand behind the safety of glyphosate-based products and as a company devoted to life sciences, assure Canadians that their health and the environment are our top priority.”Merchant said he has already been contacted by about a dozen other people, mostly from Quebec, who believe Roundup caused them to develop cancer.
“Because their sales are so huge and their sales are worldwide, and this is an unmanaged product,” he said. The lawsuit highlights a lack of oversight in Canada over products like Roundup, Merchant says. He says the product isn’t tracked as closely by federal authorities as medical devices or medications, which means that there isn’t a large pool of historic data on cancer rates and Roundup.Without a federally-regulated pool of data, it’s difficult to determine just how many people developed cancer after using Roundup versus the general population.
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