Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France

A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides.

In the first such case heard in court in France, grain grower Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto’s (MON.N) Lasso weedkiller in 2004.

 

He blames the agri-business giant for not providing adequate warnings on the product label.

 

The ruling was given by a court in Lyon, southeast France, which ordered an expert opinion of Francois’s losses to establish the sum of damages.

 

Lawyers for Monsanto could not immediately be reached for comment.

Previous health claims from farmers have foundered because of the difficulty of establishing clear links between illnesses and exposure to pesticides.

“I am alive today, but part of the farming population is going to be sacrificed and is going to die because of this,” Francois, 47, told Reuters.

He and other farmers suffering from illness set up an association last year to make a case that their health problems should be linked to their use of crop protection products.

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    I’m not sure if I could be concerned with this or not; seeing as 75% of the customers in my store are Monsanto Corn Seed...
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    FUCK YES. I am so happy to hear that a farmer is winning a case against Monsanto and not the other way around!!!...
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    Unpopular opinion: I think there is major potential for beneficial GMOs bbbbuuuut Monsanto’s the farthest thing from...
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