Agribusiness giant Monsanto has lost a legal battle over its dangerous pesticide products. Farmer Paul Francois won his claim against 2011′s Worst Company in a Lyon, France court. Francois’ lawyer, Francois Lafforgue, called the decision “historic,” noting that it marks, “the first time that a [pesticide] maker is found guilty of such a poisoning.”
Francois maintained that after using Monsanto’s pesticides in 2004, he, “[suffered] from neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering.” The pesticide in question, Lasso, has since been banned in France; by 2018, France is working to cut its pesticide usage by 50 percent.
Since 1996, the French government has received about 200 complaints a year about the negative health effects of pesticides, making it quite possible that similar cases against the controversial company will make their way into French courts in the future.
This is just one of many lawsuits Monsanto is fighting across the globe. In the United States and Canada, for instance, 60 families, organic agricultural organizations and seed companies sued Monsanto for its aggressive patenting of genetically modified (GM) seeds.
Monsanto is responsible for 90 percent of GM seeds in the United States.
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+ add your ownMonsanto must be stopped!
Finally, one scored against Monsanto! About time!
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the article.
DAMN STRAIGHT MONSANTO IS GUILTY OF ONE OF THE LONGEST GENOCIDE FACTORS EVER!!
QUILTY AS HELL FOR ALL THAT IS VILE!!!
QUILTY AS HELL FOR ALL THAT IS VILE!!!
While I agree I would like to see the end of MONSTERSANTO, I worry they may have damaged the environement so much & so Europeans must continue to resist this unproven plant alteration.
There is a real risk that harm has already been done & the "GENII" can not be put back in the bottle.
Urge your representative to sign the letter demanding the FDA label GE foods.
http://gefoodlabels.org/
"Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR) circulate Congressional letter in support of CFSs legal petition to FDA demanding labeling of GE foods."
In other news:
"Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Organic Growers Against Monsanto"
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/federal-court-dismisses-lawsuit-by-organic-growers-against-monsanto-2012-02-27
Government needs to stop putting the greed of the elite before the health of the people.
Ron Paul 2012!
Yeah!! I am doing a tapdance!! Keep petitioning them every chance you can!! Thankyou!
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