A former graduate student at Michigan State University appeals to school for $ 100 million, stating that she was diagnosed with cancer after her work helped her with dangerous chemicals.
Ling Long Wei, an international student from China, 2008-2011. Worked as an assistant to the state of the state of Michigan, obtaining a master’s degree from the school gardening program. This month, the Wei filed a lawsuit stating that she had thyroid cancer after her work helped her in pesticides and herbicides without proper training or safety equipment.
Amber McCann, a spokesman for Michigan State University, refused to commentIndependent, quoting the waiting litigation. However, she said the school “prioritizes the health and security of the whole campus of our campus”.
“Proper and necessary training and necessary personal protective measures are provided in accordance with the existing university policy and state and federal laws,” said McCann.
At a press conference on Monday, Wei’s “Dream” to study at Michigan, leading at the Agricultural Science School, her lawyer Maya Greene. When she first arrived, Wei had to work as an assistant student research and conduct outdoor research as part of her horticultural courses, the lawsuit states.
Ling Long Wei, a former graduate student at Michigan State University, goes to school for $ 100 million. Wei claims
While conducting this outdoor investigation, WEI caretakers ordered her to travel to the fields outside the city to spray herbicides and pesticides, the lawsuit said. Wei says work can last up to eight hours a day.
Wei claims that she was not taught properly in advance. Nor did she have a “proper mask, gloves or overalls” that could be worn when handling chemicals, the lawsuit said.
“By spraying these toxic chemicals, the wind often blew the chemicals into the face of Mrs. Wei,” the lawsuit states. “Mrs. Wei has been affected by dangerous pesticides for more than 7,000 hours, unprotected and unpaid.”
Wei says that 2010 She began to experience shortness of breath, but the school health center told her that it was due to anxiety. Her caretakers then assured that the chemicals were “safe”, the lawsuit said.
“Mrs. Wei relied on the assassination of the program bosses and continued to spray dangerous pesticides and herbicides without [personal protective equipment]- the claim said. – Mrs. We continued to experience symptoms, but was afraid to speak for herself for intimidation and hostile treatment of the program. ‘
Image of the Spartan Stadium at Michigan State University. Wei claims that the school did not provide her with protective tools or workouts until she sprayed pesticides (Getty Images)
When handling these pesticides without proper training or equipment, Wei caused papillary thyroid carcinoma, the lawsuit said. According to the center of the University of Columbia, papillary thyroid cancer is the most common form of thyroid cancer, which is about 80 percent of cases.
Wei was diagnosed with 2024. And he underwent “medical procedures and surgery to treat her cancer,” the lawsuit said. Wei said Cancer left her hormone imbalances, which causes her fatigue to cause and complicate children. Her cancer can also come back.
“My recovery trip was very difficult,” said the Wei press conference. “After thyroid cancer surgery, I needed to adapt to medication every day to adjust my hormone levels.”
“I will have to take my thyroid pills every day for the rest of my life,” she added. “I will live with my constant scar and I will always have to fight depression because of hormonal imbalances.”
Independent contacted the Wei lawyer to comment.
Cancer researchers are still investigating the exact relationship between pesticides and cancer.
Some pesticides are carcinogens and were associated with cancer cases, data, according to the National Pestacid Information Center, at the initiative of the Oregon State University and the US Environmental Protection Agency. The effect of pesticide, which is a carcinogen, does not mean that the diagnosis of cancer is real, but represents a higher risk than if the person is not exposed, the center says.
Doctors find it difficult to determine what exactly causes patient cancer, according to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the leading research and treatment center.
“It is almost impossible to determine the case of an individual cancer on a certain perpetrator with 100 percent certainty,” the center’s website states.