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French police to probe alleged Monsanto lists on opinion-makers

Sat, 11 May 2019 10:49:24 +0200

France has opened a preliminary enquiry into allegations that US pesticides maker Monsanto had information illegally collected on the views and pliability of hundreds of high-profile figures and media outlets.

French tomato grower with cancer takes on Monsanto over weedkiller

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 17:02:00 +0200

Weaving through the aisles of his greenhouse in northern France, Jean-Claude Terlet, a retired farmer who grows tomatoes for local markets, seems to be brimming with energy.

Bayer-Monsanto deal 'danger for our food': French chefs

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:30:34 +0200

Some of France's top chefs on Tuesday denounced the $66-billion takeover of controversial seed firm Monsanto by chemicals giant Bayer as a "danger for our dinner plates".

Monsanto guilty of poisoning French farmer

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:13:34 +0200

US biotech giant Monsanto has been found guilty on appeal of poisoning a French farmer after he inhaled weedkiller. The farmer hailed the decision say it showed Monsanto "was not above the law".

France bans sale of Monsanto weedkiller

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:44:02 +0200

French Ecology Minister Segolène Royal announced on Sunday a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carcinogenic.

French court lifts ban on Monsanto GM corn

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:11:00 +0200

France's top administrative court on Thursday threw out a government ban on US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto from growing a type of genetically modified corn.

European agency rejects GMO rat tumours

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:33:00 +0100

The European Union's food safety agency rejected on Wednesday a bombshell French report linking genetically modified corn to cancer saying it failed to meet "acceptable scientific standards."

Lab denies access to GM cancer crop study

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:48:00 +0200

The French scientist who linked Monsanto genetically-modified corn to cancer in rats on Thursday refused to let the EU's food safety watchdog, EFSA, verify his results.

Monsanto to appeal poisoning ruling

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:30:00 +0100

Agro giant Monsanto said on Tuesday that it would appeal a court ruling that found the US group legally responsible for the poisoning of a French farmer with one of its herbicides in 2004.

Farmer sues Monsanto after inhaling weedkiller

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:11:22 +0100

Farmer Paul François is suing US biotech giant Monsanto after he inhaled weedkiller Lasso at work. The trial opens in the French city of Lyon on Monday.

French court annuls ban on Monsanto GM crops

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:24:57 +0100

France's top administrative court on Monday overturned a government order banning French farmers from planting genetically modified crops from the US agriculture giant Monsanto.