Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer’s weedkiller accident

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Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer's weedkiller accident
The logo of Monsanto is seen at the Monsanto factory in Peyrehorade, France, August 23, 2019. Photo: Reuters

PARIS — Bayer’s Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical maker has been held liable for the accidental inhalation of a weedkiller by a crop farmer.

Monsanto had been trying to overturn a decision by an appeals court in 2019 that had found the company’s product safety information to have been inadequate in relation to the accident involving farmer Paul Francois in 2004.

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