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US lawyers confident to win more Glyphosate-related legal cases against Monsanto

In a public hearing at the European Parliament on Wednesday (5 September), two US attorneys said they were confident they would win further legal cases against Monsanto, following a landmark San Francisco trial in August that ordered the US company to pay plaintiff Dwayne Johnson $289 million in damages.

"If we had to remove 150 metres of the cultivated agricultural area from every French field, between 20% and 30% of that area would be 'amputated'. It would be a tragedy, and it would amputate agricultural production," said Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume. [EPA/PATRICK PLEUL]

Claire Stam Euractiv 05-09-2018 15:04 4 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project
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