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A French farmer who can no longer perform his routine farming duties because
of permanent pesticide injuries has had his day in court, literally, and
the perpetrator of his injuries found guilty of chemical poisoning. 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 persistent memory loss,
headaches, and stuttering during speech.
Reports indicate that the 47-year-old farmer sued Monsanto back in 2004
after inhaling the Lasso product while cleaning his sprayer tank equipment.
Not long after, Francois began experiencing lasting symptoms that prevented
him from working, which he says were directly linked to exposure to the
chemical. Since Lasso’s packaging did not bear adequate warnings about the
dangers of exposure, Francois alleged at the time that Monsanto was
essentially negligent in providing adequate protection for its customers.
To the surprise of many, the French court agreed with the claims and
evidence presented before it, declaring earlier this year that “Monsanto is
responsible for Paul Francois’ suffering after he inhaled the Lasso
product … and must entirely compensate him.” The court is said to be
seeking expert opinion on how to gauge Francois’ losses in order to
determine precisely how much Monsanto will be required to compensate him in
the case.
“It is a historic decision in so far as it is the first time that a (
pesticide) maker is found guilty of such a poisoning,” said Francois
Lafforgue, Paul Francois’ lawyer, to Reuters earlier in the year.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), exposure to
alachlor can cause damage to the liver, kidneys, spleen, and eyes, and may
lead to the development of anemia and even cancer. The EPA apparently views
alachlor as so dangerous, in fact, that the agency has set the maximum
contaminant level goals (MCLG) for alachlor to zero in order to “prevent
potential health problems.” http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/alachlor.cfm
In 2007, France officially banned Lasso from use in the country in
accordance with a European Union (EU) directive enacted in 2006 prohibiting
the chemical from further use on crops in any member countries. But despite
all the evidence proving that alachlor can disrupt hormonal balance, induce
reproductive or developmental problems, and cause cancer, the chemical is
still being used on conventional crops throughout the U.S. to this very day.
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_ChemReg.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35160 |
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