Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning in Landmark case. The French court in Lyon ruled that Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller formula, which contains the active ingredient alachlor, caused Paul Francois to develop lifelong neurological damage that manifests as several health problems.

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[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Well, the products of Bayer/Monsanto have caused a lot of health problems in the past, so I think It's important we keep a record of the cases in which people have been hurt because of them.

Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning in this case in which Monsanto's weedkiller formula caused Paul Francois to develop lifelong neurological damage.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If I was on a jury against them they would be paying out the ass.

[–]FlippyKing 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sad thing is appeals courts are always happy to adjust genuinely punitive fines down to easily manageable ones.