August 2013.
Update: France
Long Live France? Not if they are Roundup Ready to Die.
One of France’s top administrative
courts recently threw out a ban on GE corn that had been in place since March
of last year. Monsanto now has its foot
in the door to introduce GMO seed into France.
The convoluted legal reasoning states that a ban can only be made in
case of an emergency or major health risk to people, animals or the
environment. This is the cart of
Monsanto $#* put in front of an already healthy horse. Overall, the French public opinion is
anti-GMO but it seems the agricultural sector disagrees. Monsanto money, political clout and sheer
ignorance are responsible for such a careless attitude. Nothing else makes any sense.
EU countries that
have banned cultivation on GMOs include Austria, Luxembourg and Hungary. In May, Hungary burned 1,200 acres of GMO
corn once it was discovered. They have
the right idea. Monsanto in their country?
NO, NO, NEVER!
Monsanto Has Been Removed And Banned By: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Madeira, New Zealand, Peru, South Australia, Russia, France, and Switzerland!
The Death Empire that is Monsanto Must Fall
MONSANTO: GUILTY
AS CHARGED
2/2013. Lyon, France.
Paul Francois Sued Monsanto and WON
Paul Francois, a French farmer, sued Monsanto for nerve
damage caused by inhaling Lasso weedkiller.
He won. Monsanto appealed. Francois won the appeal.
Francois is now disabled and unable to continue his
farming duties because of pesticide poisoning.
He suffered neurological damage due to the Lasso weedkiller formula which contains alachlor. Lasso’s packaging did
not have proper warnings about the dangers of exposure.
Francois sued Monsanto in 2004. He had inhaled Lasso
fumes while cleaning his sprayer tank equipment. Soon thereafter, he developed bouts of memory loss,
severe headaches and speech problems.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), exposure to alachlor can cause damage to the liver, kidneys,
spleen, eyes, and could lead to the development of anemia or even cancer. It can also disrupt hormonal balance, causing numerous
reproductive and developmental problems. France banned the product in 2007 yet, U.S.
farmers still use it nationwide each and every day. How many countless tales of suffering and death remain untold and buried?
“Southwest France: Now that you are gravely ill due to
the products you used, have you changed your approach?
Paul François : I was part of the world of intensive
agriculture. I thought like many that there was no other way. I saw proponents
of organic agriculture as attacking me. People who asked for other modes of
production, we called hecklers. Here’s a fact: intensive agriculture as was
practiced from the 1990s killed the soil. When you do that, you are lost. I’m
not talking about converting to organic. But we must join forces to say
agronomy must take precedence over chemistry.
Would you talk of political awareness?
My struggle has led me to a new perception. I realized
that we were naive. It served us to develop an agriculture that does not like
us. We sold it, it suited us. We have to look beyond that sort of
communication. We can farm otherwise. Farmers need to understand that those who
speak for them are businessmen who defend other interests, very lucrative for
the businessmen, who do not care about farmers’ health or the health of those
around us.”
Exactly.
Paul Francois founded an association with other victims that would report health problems caused by Monsanto
products. Since 1996, the agricultural
branch of the French social security system has gathered about 200 alerts per
year regarding sickness related to pesticides. However, only 47 cases were even recognized in the past 10 years.
LIES AND MORE LIES
In 2007 ,
France fined Monsanto for misleading the public about the environmental impact
of Roundup when it claimed their product
was “biodegradable” and “left the soil clean.” A former chairman of Monsanto
Agriculture France was found guilty of false advertising and Monsanto's French distributor, Scotts
France, was also fined.
Viva la France!!
Source: Okra Paradise Farms blog
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