Monsanto condamné à verser deux milliards de dollars à un couple d’Américains atteints d’un cancer attribué au Roundup
Le fabricant du désherbant au glyphosate, désormais détenu par le groupe Bayer, a annoncé qu’il comptait faire appel de ce verdict.
Un container de Roundup dans un garage à Orlando (Floride), le 27 mars 2019. (PAUL HENNESSY / NURPHOTO / AFP)
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C’est le troisième camouflet de taille. Un jury américain a condamné, lundi 13 mai, Monsanto, détenu par Bayer, à verser deux milliards de dollars (1,8 milliard d’euros) à un couple d’Américains atteints d’un cancer qu’ils attribuent au Roundup. A ces deux milliards, un milliard par personne, s’ajoutent 55 millions de dollars accordés aux époux à titre compensatoire (pertes économiques, préjudice moral…).
Le jury a accordé cette somme à Alberta et Alva Pilliod au titre de dommages “punitifs”, destinés à sanctionner le fabricant du désherbant au glyphosate, a annoncé un des cabinets d’avocats du couple, qui poursuivaient le groupe agrochimique devant un tribunal d’Oakland.
Le groupe Bayer va faire appel
Ce procès s’était ouvert fin mars, juste après la condamnation de Monsanto à verser 80 millions de dollars à un septuagénaire atteint d’un lymphome non-hodgkinien qu’il attribuait au Roundup. Une nouvelle fois, le jury a estimé que Monsanto aurait dû prévenir des dangers possibles de son produit vedette.
Le fabricant affirme toujours que le Roundup est sans danger. Bayer s’est dit “déçu” de ce verdict et a annoncé son intention de faire appel, comme dans les deux procès précédents. Des milliers de procédures judiciaires contre le Roundup sont en cours aux Etats-Unis.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
