Corteva facing farmworker lawsuits over chlorpyrifos

摘要

Attorneys representing farmworkers who have sued Corteva Agriscience for alleged harm from the insecticide, chlorpyrifos, say that they will soon expand their litigation against the company. The initial lawsuit - filed last month at a state court in central California - alleges that Corteva is liable for neurological harm suffered by the child of farmworkers exposed to chlorpyrifos. The plaintiffs allege that their son, who suffers from autism as well as other cognitive and intellectual disabilities, was exposed to the organophosphate insecticide in utero and throughout his early life. He is 17, and was born premature.