by
Anthony Gucciardi via
Natural News
In 2012, I
told you about
the court in southeast France that found Monsanto guilty of
chemically-poisoning farmers. The court declared that Monsanto’s Lasso
weedkiller was responsible for devastating neurological problems,
including memory loss.
Now, after an appeal process by Monsanto that lasted years, a French appeal court has upheld the ruling in full.
This case is monumental for a number of reasons, including the fact
that it is the first in French history to confirm the ‘chemical
poisoning’ of Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller, which was banned in France
back in 2007 (after already being pulled off the market by other
nations). But this case wasn’t a matter of government policy change — it
centered around a French farmer who had been exposed to Lasso.
A grain grower, Paul Francois, was the one responsible for originally
taking Monsanto to court back in 2012, stating that he developed
neurological problems such as memory loss and headaches after being
exposed to Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller back in 2004. Francois said that
Monsanto failed to provide proper warnings on the product label.
The court ordered an expert opinion to determine the sum of the
damages, and to verify the link between Lasso and the reported
illnesses. The case was extremely important, as previous legal action
taken against Monsanto by farmers has failed due to the challenge of
properly linking pesticide exposure with the experienced side effects.
“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
As IB Times
reports:
“Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, was found
guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer by a French court this
week. The decision Thursday by an appeal court in Lyon in southeast
France upheld a 2012 ruling in which the farmer claimed he suffered
neurological problems after working with the U.S. company’s Lasso
weedkiller, Reuters reported.”
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by Anthony Gucciardi via
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