Roundup & Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Lawsuit
Heavy users of Roundup — landscapers, farmers, gardeners, groundskeepers — diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and related blood cancers may have a claim against Bayer/Monsanto. Despite a $10B+ settlement program, claims are still being filed.
Roundup is the most widely used herbicide in the world. Its active ingredient — glyphosate — has been the subject of more than 100,000 personal injury lawsuits in U.S. courts. The core allegation: long-term exposure to Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and related blood cancers, and Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) knew about the risk for decades and failed to warn users.
Bayer has paid more than $10 billion to settle roughly 100,000 cases since the first Roundup verdicts came in. But thousands of cases remain unresolved, and new diagnoses continue. If you used Roundup heavily — at work or in a residential capacity — and were later diagnosed with NHL or a related blood cancer, you may still have a claim.
The science — what links Roundup to cancer
In 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans” — Group 2A — based primarily on epidemiological studies linking exposure to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The EPA continues to take the position that glyphosate is unlikely to be a human carcinogen. The disagreement between agencies is the heart of the scientific dispute, and juries have largely sided with IARC’s analysis.
Internal Monsanto documents disclosed in litigation showed that the company tracked the regulatory and scientific risks for years and engaged in extensive efforts to influence the public scientific record. Those documents have been central to the multi-million-dollar verdicts that drove Bayer’s decision to settle.
Who qualifies — exposure and diagnosis
A typical Roundup claim has two essential elements:
- Substantial exposure. Most cases involve users who applied Roundup repeatedly over years. The clearest claimants are commercial landscapers, agricultural workers, golf course and grounds crews, garden-center employees, and farmers. Heavy residential users with documented years of regular application also qualify.
- A qualifying diagnosis. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and its subtypes — diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, Burkitt’s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, and several others. Multiple myeloma claims are also being evaluated.
Where claims stand now
The core MDL — In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2741 — is in the Northern District of California before Judge Vince Chhabria. State court Roundup cases are also actively pending across the country. Bayer has announced multiple settlement “tracks” and has continued to litigate, and lose, individual bellwether trials with verdicts in the tens and hundreds of millions for individual plaintiffs in egregious cases.
Statute of limitations — and the discovery rule
Most states have two- to three-year statutes of limitation for personal injury claims, with longer windows for product liability. The clock typically starts running when a reasonable person would have connected the diagnosis to the product — the “discovery rule” — not on the date of first exposure. For Roundup claims, the running clock is generally tied to the diagnosis date, not the spray date. But state law varies and the rules have been the subject of motion practice in the MDL. Don’t wait.
Frequently asked questions
I only used Roundup at home. Do I still qualify?
Possibly. Heavy residential users with documented years of regular use have qualified. Commercial-scale users have stronger cases on average, but residential exposure isn’t a categorical bar.
What about generic glyphosate brands?
Generic glyphosate exposure can support a claim against the manufacturer of that product. Roundup-branded exposure remains the cleanest path because of the existing case-law and disclosed documents.
How much could a Roundup claim be worth?
Settlement values vary widely based on diagnosis severity, exposure history, age, and circumstances. Reported settlement values in the program have ranged from low five figures to several hundred thousand dollars; trial verdicts have been substantially larger but are not representative of the average outcome.
My loved one died of NHL after using Roundup. Can the family file?
Yes. The estate’s personal representative may file a wrongful death claim, with surviving spouses and dependents potentially recovering loss-of-support, loss of consortium, and other damages.
This page is general information about glyphosate / Roundup litigation. The status of settlements, MDLs, and state-court cases changes frequently. This is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
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