US EditionFrench Court Rules Bayer Not Liable in Landmark Glyphosate Birth Defect Case
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In its judgment delivered on Thursday 31 July, the judicial court in Vienna does not recognize Bayer-Monsanto's responsibility for the serious malformations of Théo Grataloup. But for the family, the fight continues.
This is the outcome of a trial started in 2008, but perhaps not yet its epilogue. This trial between the Grataloup family and the chemistry giant Bayer-Monsanto. On Thursday 31 July, in the morning, the Vienna court (south-east of France) ruled that the malformations suffered by the 18-year-old cannot be attributed to his exposure in utero to glyphosate. The Grataloup family will appeal against the judgement.
After the trial between the chemical and pharmaceutical company and the Grataloup family, whose son suffers from serious malformations which they attribute to his exposure in utero to glyphosate, the Vienna court...
French court rules Bayer not liable in landmark glyphosate birth defect case
A French court on Thursday ruled inadmissible a complaint brought by a family against German chemicals company Bayer claiming their son’s disabilities were caused by his mother’s exposure to the weedkiller glyphosate when pregnant. The lawsuit was one of the first high-profile cases centring specifically on prenatal exposure to glyphosate.
The 18-year-old's mother used glyphosate during her pregnancy. She believes that the herbicide is responsible for the malformation of the esophagus with which her son was born.
The Bayer-Monsanto company, which had been targeted by court proceedings since April, was facing the Grataloup family, which considers that the exposure in utero of their son Theo to a glyphosate-based weed deer is the cause of his malformations. On Thursday, 31 July, the Vienna court ruled the proceedings inadmissible, reports ICI Isère. According to the judges' rendering, there is no direct evidence to establish a causal link between the use o…
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