My parents sprayed roundup on their quarter-acre suburban lawn. My father died from bladder cancer, and my mother died from brain cancer. They were both in their 80s, and this is just two bits of anecdotal evidence, but I will never knowingly use that product. No telling what’s happened with the fruits and veggies I get from the grocery store.
ferriswheeljunkies11 on
A coworker of mine sprayed a lot of roundup. He retired in his 60’s and died within a year of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He thought he was just losing weight because he wasn’t eating big lunches.
Nope, cancer. Dead in a year or so
DangerousAnxiety8687 on
There will be a big settlement. The lawyers will get 1 billion and the people suffering will get around 36 cents. 35 the penny is gone.
CozyBlueCacaoFire on
It’s important to know that the cancer links are linked to people working with RoundUp, not people eating produce sprayed with it.
Winter_Lie_8172 on
My Dad just got diagnosed. Sprayed Roundup for 25 years every weekend.
GoldSourPatchKid on
My grandfather would walk his pasture fence line with roundup squirting weeds all the time. He died from Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer.
Random_Words_1827 on
They actually made a documentary on the proper way to fight corporations poisoning us.
we’re killing ourselves with poison just to stop plants from growing naturally, most “weeds” aren’t invasive, it’s madness
livefree1208 on
I should start by saying I am absolutely not an advocate for glyphosate at all. I run a farm in Hawaii and we dont use it. And here’s the but…but if you are going to use any chemical whatsoever, especially ones with links to cancel, you need to use all the proper personal protection equipment. And on top of that, storing it in an appropriate place and disposing of any leftovers in an appropriate and legal manner. I cant stress enough, the use of PPE. It keeps it off your skin and out of your lungs and thats your best chance to prevent any negative effects from it.
l3gion666 on
I’ve been in the pest control business for 10+ years at this point, all the labels say noncarcinogenic/lab tested/etc, but they said the same thing about roundup. Ah well, too late to care now lol.
xxtrikee on
This is why I pull my weeds and don’t use chemicals on my lawn. Is it a pain in the ass, absolutely. But at least I’m (hopefully) cutting my rates for cancer and giving my dogs a better chance of not developing cancers too.
Epsilion131 on
My pops passed in 2022 from lymphoma. Ironically I received a call he signed up for a class action suit against roundup.
The man used roundup multiple hours a week for years… RIP pops
mother_a_god on
I’ve used it a little, maybe once or twice a year, from a backpack sprayer and im always wondering if any of it could get back into my body. I only spray when it’s theres zero wind, and spray low to the ground, but still you’d never know!
SkipDutch on
The typical American urge to have a tidy green dessert in front of your suburban McMansion and get cancer from it…
BLF402 on
I used to use round up for years. 🥺
whippetgreat on
Lived next door to a guy who owned a landscaping company. When we first met him he was holding a bottle of Roundup and was wiping his hand off on his shirt to shake our hands and said “Don’t worry it’s just Roundup”. He got cancer the following year. No idea what happened to him, they moved the following year. Yeah.
bellator_ecclesiam on
This shit was banned in Mexico years ago.
whatever_arghh on
There have to be hundreds of products in market right now causing cancer that we will be finding out in 30 years.
hoffman4 on
My daughter and I both went through cancer treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma. We lived in South FL and I used Round Up all the time while pregnant and also after she was born. We played in the yard all the time – barefoot which also was sprayed with I don’t know what. It was in the early 80s and we both were diagnosed in 2013 and 2017 We were pretty far along so our cancers probably manifested around the same time.
JerkBezerberg on
How. The. Fuck. Is. This. Shit. Still. Legal? *He angrily asked knowing the answer*
MrBaseball1994 on
So, my FIL died of non-Hodgkins back in 2010. He used RoundUp a lot during his working days as well as at home.
I don’t believe he ever had any medical reports saying it was caused by glyphosate so do you think we could still join the lawsuit?
Guitar_Nutt on
Dad, roundup in his yard for decades, now leukemia.
canadiuman on
So for a long time I wondered how Roundup could cause cancer. It doesn’t seem to directly impact DNA at typical usage amounts.
BUT I recently read that it has a huge impact on gut bacteria. Kills a lot of them. So as far as mechanisms go, I wonder if the killing off of key gut bacteria, and removing their effect is what increases the cancer risk.
Smarter people can tell me if I’m wrong.
DeepFuckingDebt on
I grew up farming cotton and grain every summer for harvest. I was around a lot of roundup.
I got a rare blood cancer that most people don’t get until they’re 70+ in my mid 30’s.
DeepFuckingDebt on
I grew up farming cotton and grain every summer for harvest. I was around a lot of roundup and other defoliants.
I got diagnosed with a rare blood cancer that most people don’t get until they’re 70+ in my mid 30’s.
SteveTheUPSguy on
Reminder that Roundup is owned by Bayer now
thatcrazyflorist on
My dad loved using Round Up. He died in 2001 of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, died 6 months after diagnosis.
WineComet on
One thing that is often missed in this discussion is whether it’s RoundUp or Glyphosate in general. There’s a lot of research that suggests that RoundUps particular formulation is what made it so gnarly versus Glyhposate. Regardless, not something you’d really want to have to be handling on a daily basis. Especially if your handling protocols are poor and you are not using proper PPE.
AdEquivalent8644 on
I mean its kinda obvious something solely engineered and perfected at killing organic material is not good for the human body right?
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My parents sprayed roundup on their quarter-acre suburban lawn. My father died from bladder cancer, and my mother died from brain cancer. They were both in their 80s, and this is just two bits of anecdotal evidence, but I will never knowingly use that product. No telling what’s happened with the fruits and veggies I get from the grocery store.
A coworker of mine sprayed a lot of roundup. He retired in his 60’s and died within a year of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He thought he was just losing weight because he wasn’t eating big lunches.
Nope, cancer. Dead in a year or so
There will be a big settlement. The lawyers will get 1 billion and the people suffering will get around 36 cents. 35 the penny is gone.
It’s important to know that the cancer links are linked to people working with RoundUp, not people eating produce sprayed with it.
My Dad just got diagnosed. Sprayed Roundup for 25 years every weekend.
My grandfather would walk his pasture fence line with roundup squirting weeds all the time. He died from Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer.
They actually made a documentary on the proper way to fight corporations poisoning us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_East_(2013_film)
we’re killing ourselves with poison just to stop plants from growing naturally, most “weeds” aren’t invasive, it’s madness
I should start by saying I am absolutely not an advocate for glyphosate at all. I run a farm in Hawaii and we dont use it. And here’s the but…but if you are going to use any chemical whatsoever, especially ones with links to cancel, you need to use all the proper personal protection equipment. And on top of that, storing it in an appropriate place and disposing of any leftovers in an appropriate and legal manner. I cant stress enough, the use of PPE. It keeps it off your skin and out of your lungs and thats your best chance to prevent any negative effects from it.
I’ve been in the pest control business for 10+ years at this point, all the labels say noncarcinogenic/lab tested/etc, but they said the same thing about roundup. Ah well, too late to care now lol.
This is why I pull my weeds and don’t use chemicals on my lawn. Is it a pain in the ass, absolutely. But at least I’m (hopefully) cutting my rates for cancer and giving my dogs a better chance of not developing cancers too.
My pops passed in 2022 from lymphoma. Ironically I received a call he signed up for a class action suit against roundup.
The man used roundup multiple hours a week for years… RIP pops
I’ve used it a little, maybe once or twice a year, from a backpack sprayer and im always wondering if any of it could get back into my body. I only spray when it’s theres zero wind, and spray low to the ground, but still you’d never know!
The typical American urge to have a tidy green dessert in front of your suburban McMansion and get cancer from it…
I used to use round up for years. 🥺
Lived next door to a guy who owned a landscaping company. When we first met him he was holding a bottle of Roundup and was wiping his hand off on his shirt to shake our hands and said “Don’t worry it’s just Roundup”. He got cancer the following year. No idea what happened to him, they moved the following year. Yeah.
This shit was banned in Mexico years ago.
There have to be hundreds of products in market right now causing cancer that we will be finding out in 30 years.
My daughter and I both went through cancer treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma. We lived in South FL and I used Round Up all the time while pregnant and also after she was born. We played in the yard all the time – barefoot which also was sprayed with I don’t know what. It was in the early 80s and we both were diagnosed in 2013 and 2017 We were pretty far along so our cancers probably manifested around the same time.
How. The. Fuck. Is. This. Shit. Still. Legal? *He angrily asked knowing the answer*
So, my FIL died of non-Hodgkins back in 2010. He used RoundUp a lot during his working days as well as at home.
I don’t believe he ever had any medical reports saying it was caused by glyphosate so do you think we could still join the lawsuit?
Dad, roundup in his yard for decades, now leukemia.
So for a long time I wondered how Roundup could cause cancer. It doesn’t seem to directly impact DNA at typical usage amounts.
BUT I recently read that it has a huge impact on gut bacteria. Kills a lot of them. So as far as mechanisms go, I wonder if the killing off of key gut bacteria, and removing their effect is what increases the cancer risk.
Smarter people can tell me if I’m wrong.
I grew up farming cotton and grain every summer for harvest. I was around a lot of roundup.
I got a rare blood cancer that most people don’t get until they’re 70+ in my mid 30’s.
I grew up farming cotton and grain every summer for harvest. I was around a lot of roundup and other defoliants.
I got diagnosed with a rare blood cancer that most people don’t get until they’re 70+ in my mid 30’s.
Reminder that Roundup is owned by Bayer now
My dad loved using Round Up. He died in 2001 of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, died 6 months after diagnosis.
One thing that is often missed in this discussion is whether it’s RoundUp or Glyphosate in general. There’s a lot of research that suggests that RoundUps particular formulation is what made it so gnarly versus Glyhposate. Regardless, not something you’d really want to have to be handling on a daily basis. Especially if your handling protocols are poor and you are not using proper PPE.
I mean its kinda obvious something solely engineered and perfected at killing organic material is not good for the human body right?