Monsanto: Guilty

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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Joe R.

4:26PM PDT on Apr 17, 2012

Monsanto must be stopped!

send a green star

Past Member .

9:30PM PDT on Mar 24, 2012

Finally, one scored against Monsanto! About time!

Duane B.

8:46AM PDT on Mar 23, 2012

Thank you for sharing.

KS G.

5:41AM PDT on Mar 21, 2012

Thanks for the article.

Shelly P.

10:15PM PDT on Mar 20, 2012

DAMN STRAIGHT MONSANTO IS GUILTY OF ONE OF THE LONGEST GENOCIDE FACTORS EVER!!

Eternal G.

5:57PM PST on Mar 6, 2012

QUILTY AS HELL FOR ALL THAT IS VILE!!!

5:56PM PST on Mar 6, 2012

Neil A.

3:49AM PST on Feb 28, 2012

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.

Eric L.

3:04PM PST on Feb 27, 2012

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 CFS’s 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!