But don't worry, their poison is safe to eat...
By
Christina Sarich via
Natural Society
An important precedence has been set by a recent ruling in French
Court. Even after an appeals court heard a case which attested that a
farmer was poisoned by accidentally inhaling the fumes of an herbicide,
they
still sided in favor of the farmer. Considering that the herbicide, though not its best seller, was
made by Monsanto – this news is even more important.
Monsanto makes an herbicide, which like Roundup, is damaging to human health. It’s
called Lasso, and its main ingredient
is alachlor. When a farmer was exposed to this herbicide, he became grossly disabled with severe neurological disorders.
The
French court in Lyon,
upheld a previous ruling that the US biotech company, Monsanto, was
liable for the farmers’ poisoning when he inhaled the herbicide while
attending to corn crops.
The case was originally heard in 2012, and the farmer, Paul Francois,
was to be fully compensated for becoming disabled due to Monsanto’s
product when he inhaled the fumes accidentally on his farm in 2004.
The appeals ruling came this last week, when the courts condemned
Monsanto, even though its lawyers argued that there was not enough
evidence linking the farmer’s symptoms to the herbicide.
Francois claims that after inhaling the Lasso herbicide, he became
nauseated, began stuttering, and suffered dizziness, headaches, and
muscular aches that rendered him unable to work for a year. The risks
are not outlined on the product’s label.
Monsanto also had to answer for keeping health-impairing Lasso on the
market until 2007, despite bans of the product in Canada, Britain, and
Belgium.
This is another nail in Monsanto’s coffin in France, since just last June the French Ecology Minister, Segolene Royal,
announced a ban on over-the-counter sales of the Monsanto weedkiller Roundup.
Even more recently, Russia announced a game-changing move in the fight against Monsanto’s GMOs, completely
banning the use of genetically modified ingredients
in any and all food production. This is even more important when you
consider the fact that many GMO crops are specifically made to withstand
copious amounts of herbicides.
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By
Christina Sarich via
Natural Society
