Many people in central Ohio don’t think of herbicide exposure as “workplace” risk—until they connect the dots after a diagnosis. In Worthington and surrounding areas, common patterns include:
- Suburban lawn and landscaping routines: repeated use of weed killers on property, including driveways, fence lines, and wooded edges.
- Neighborhood proximity during application: living or working near properties where herbicides are sprayed or applied seasonally.
- Residue on clothing and equipment: employees or family members who bring residue home from leaf/yard maintenance, landscaping, or facility work.
- Community and school-adjacent maintenance: exposure concerns sometimes arise when herbicides are applied near high-traffic campus areas or outdoor facilities.
A lawyer’s job isn’t to assume causation from a diagnosis alone. It’s to determine whether the exposure you had is the kind of exposure that can be legally and medically linked to the illness you’re dealing with.


