Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France

Paul Francois, age 47, accused Monsanto of inadequately warning their customers of dangers of their pesticide, lasso, after suffering neurological symptoms from the poisoning. Monsanto was found guilty of the charges. This could open up more room for average farmers to stand their ground against the super agri-business. The agricultural branch of the French social security system says that since 1996, it has gathered farmers' reports of sickness potentially related to pesticides, with about 200 alerts a year.But only about 47 cases have been recognized as due to pesticides in the past 10 years.