http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...81C0VQ20120213
Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France

By Catherine Lagrange and Marion Douet

LYON/PARIS | Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:29pm EST

(Reuters) - A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides.

In the first such case heard in court in France, grain grower Paul Francois, 47, says he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto's Lasso weedkiller in 2004...