“French court confirms Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning”, 10 Sep 2015

A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso weed killer…[T]he U.S. biotech company would now take the case to France’s highest appeal court…Francois…suffered memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso in 2004, blames the agri-business giant for not providing adequate warnings on the product label…Lasso…was banned in France in 2007 after the product had already been withdrawn in other countries such as Canada, Belgium and Britain…[C]ritics say several studies have shown links to a range of health problems…The company’s lawyer…said a potential fine to compensate for the farmer’s loss would be decided after the decision of the highest court but he said that in any case it would be very low…