Pesticide Makers Continue Quest for Immunity From Lawsuits by Sick Farmers

Pesticide makers continue quest for immunity from lawsuits by sick farmers

By Estefanía Pinto Ruiz, KWQC TV6 News LA MOTTE, Iowa  — Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted.  In 2017, he had a heart attack. The doctors ran tests to find out what caused it and found something else. “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer. And he was diagnos…

Pesticide manufacturers ask lawmakers for immunity from lawsuits by sick farmers  - Investigate Midwest

LA MOTTE, Iowa  — Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted. In 2017, he had a heart attack. The doctors ran tests to find out what caused it and found something else. “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer. And he was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer,” his …