The verdict that Roundup caused injury to its users is the fourth straight loss in court for Bayer, after the company had been found not liable to plaintiffs in nine consecutive trials.
Gerry Scanlan talks on Oct. 24, 2023 about oak trees in the Venedy, Illinois, area that became sick from suspected chemical drift damage. Below left, a resident of Venedy displays
PARIS (Reuters) -French health security agency ANSES restricted the use of common weedkiller prosulfocarb on Tuesday, mainly due to a risk of skin reaction in children, and threatened to ban it next June if producers cannot prove the new rules are effective. Mainly used on cereals like wheat, barley and rye, as well as root vegetables such as potatoes and carrots, prosulfocarb has become the second-largest weedkiller behind glyphosate in France, the European Union's biggest crop grower. "ANSES cannot exclude the exceeding of safety thresholds, mainly via skin exposure, for children less than 10 metres away from the crop during treatments," it told reporters.