A French Court in Lyon has upheld the 2012 ruling that Monsanto, a U.S. biotech company, is indeed guilty of chemical poisoning, says Euronews. The victim at the heart of the case is French grain grower, Paul François, who has suffered neurological problems after inhaling Monsanto's Lasso weed killer. The appeals court has found Monsanto responsible and ordered to pay full compensation to François.
"We are speaking about modest sums of money or even nonexistent. He already received indemnities (by insurers) and there is a fundamental rule that says that one does not compensate twice for a loss, if any," Monsanto's lawyer, Jean-Daniel Bretzner said, according to Yahoo.
Bretzner said Monsanto will now take the case to France's highest appeal court.
François is said to suffer everything from memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto's Lasso in 2004. Lasso, popular since the 1960s, was banned from France in 2007, after already having been pulled in Belgium, Britain and Canada. François blames inadequate label warnings from Monsanto for its dangerous products.
A study earlier this year, indicated that Monsanto's Roundup weed killer causes cancer, with previous data showing the key ingredient also causes kidney failure and death, as previously reported by HNGN. The report From World Health Organization also suggested an ingredient in Roundup has caused cancer in those workers with exposure to the dangerous chemical.
