California Personal Injury Lawyers Blog
Low Paid Farm Workers Are at a High Risk of Toxic Roundup Exposure
Many low paid farm workers are immigrants, and they are unfairly exposed to toxic Roundup chemicals in the fields. The migrant and immigrant farm workers are traditionally low paid help in the fields. These farm workers can be exposed to a variety of chemical, physical and biological threats and dangers that can detrimentally affect their overall health. Some of these temporary farm workers may be Latino or other ethnic minorities. In this case, these individuals may have a lack of understanding of the legal issues and may not have the education or English language skills to stand up for themselves.
It is difficult to stand up for yourself when it comes to understanding that you are unwillingly being exposed to dangerous chemicals on the job in your everyday working environment. California, with their many farmworkers has an especially high incidence of Roundup cancer and other injuries. Walch Law is the California Roundup law firm you want helping you– your case could be with millions. Call now to learn more.
Low Paid Farm Workers Often Lack Access to Healthcare for Roundup Exposure Diseases
Oftentimes too, these low paid farm workers lack healthcare equity and can have lack of access to healthcare, legal assistance and other health programs offered to residents of this country. If you do not understand that Roundup exposures can be deadly, then you might keep on working in fields where the exposure to Roundup toxins stays very high. Sometimes your exposure to Roundup can build up slowly over time, which can result in a huge dose of Roundup chemicals that can be detrimental to the human body.
Who Can Talk to a Low Paid Farm Worker About Roundup Chemical Exposures?
If you are a low paid farm worker, you can discuss your claims for personal injuries related to Roundup with our legal team. Anyone can be exposed to Roundup and the chemicals that are deadly in that formula of herbicides. Overall, it is probably true that lower paid farm workers might be in the category of people who are more exposed to Roundup than the general population who does not work in the fields every day. For this reason, the low paid farm workers are highly likely to be exposed to environmental hazards such as Roundup. Anywhere that Roundup is sprayed in the fields to kill weeds, it is also a toxic chemical that can cause cancers and other diseases in humans. Yes, Roundup is a successful herbicide that is commonly used to prevent crop issues such as high weed yields, but it is also a threat to human health and can cause cancers from that exposure.
Low Paid Farm Workers Are a Vulnerable Population Demographic
If you are a low paid farm worker, you may have many problems related to being exposed to toxic chemicals on the job. You may be lacking the English language skills to tell the people you are working for that the chemicals sprayed in the fields where you work are detrimentally affecting your body. If this is the case, you can call our law office and talk to an attorney regarding your personal injury claim. You can reach us today when you call our legal team at Walch Law and you can talk to us now at 866-INJURY2 or 866-465-8792. We take all our cases on a contingency fee basis so you pay us nothing unless we get you paid.