Bayer-Monsanto s’est retrouvé devant la justice française, jeudi, car son produit phare, le glyphosate est accusé d’avoir causé de graves malformations au garçon dont la mère a manié le produit pendant sa grossesse.
Le lien entre les malformations à la trachée et l’œsophage de Théo et le glyphosate a été reconnu par eux. Le camp Monsanto affirme qu’il n’y a pas d’étude sérieuse prouvant ce lien. Sabine Grataloup exprime son agacement face aux efforts déployés pour prouver leur cas. Les avocats de la famille Grataloup exposent leurs arguments, affirmant que Sabine a été exposée au glyphosate pendant sa grossesse et que Monsanto a dissimulé les dangers de leur produit. Le tribunal rendra sa décision le 31 juillet, et si elle n’est pas favorable, la famille fera appel. Bayer-Monsanto, on the other hand, will certainly do the same if its liability is recognized.
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Arguments and counterarguments. After years of legal proceedings, the parents of 17-year-old Théo faced the multinational Bayer-Monsanto in a court in Vienne, Isère, on Thursday, April 3. They accuse the famous herbicide glyphosate from the group of causing severe malformations in the birth of their son after Théo’s mother sprayed the substance during her pregnancy.
During this day of hearing, Bayer-Monsanto tried to dismantle one by one the arguments of the family. «There was no exposure to glyphosate,» asserts one of the chemical giant’s lawyers in a long plea. They criticize the testimonies of those who claim to have seen Sabine Grataloup, Théo’s mother, spraying pesticide on her horse riding career in August 2006. These testimonies were collected ten years later, «how can they remember this so clearly?», questions the Monsanto camp. The defense also presents the photo of the weed killer can provided by the Grataloup family. According to them, a detail on the label shows that it cannot be from that infamous summer of 2006.
«Everything collapses,» says Monsanto’s lawyer, before also questioning the seriousness of the 2022 opinion rendered by the experts of the Pesticide Victims Compensation Committee. They had acknowledged the link between Theo’s trachea and esophagus malformations and glyphosate. The Monsanto camp then appeals to science: according to its lawyers, there is no serious study proving the link between glyphosate and congenital malformations.
Facing a swarm of cameras and microphones, Sabine Grataloup, alongside her son, did not hide her annoyance, even anger, after the lengthy demonstration by the opposing camp and its colossal resources. «It’s already complicated for a small family from northern Isère to have to do all the scientific research, contact scientists in France, the United States, Argentina, gather studies,» she emphasizes. «I find it really symbolic of the difficulty for pesticide victims to obtain justice.»
But the lawyers of the Grataloup family were also able to present their arguments. Namely, how, according to them, there is no doubt that Sabine Grataloup sprayed glyphosate in the early weeks of her pregnancy, when the fetus is particularly vulnerable. How Monsanto concealed the dangers of its product. How some studies do show the risks of glyphosate for fetuses. Sabine Grataloup remains hopeful: «I have confidence in justice, the court has heard, of course, both parties, I trust. They will carefully study the case, which is not limited to the caricatured presentations made by our opponents.»
The court will render its decision on July 31. And if it is not favorable to the Grataloup family, they have already warned that they will appeal. Bayer-Monsanto, on the other hand, will certainly do the same if its liability is recognized.
Arguments et contre-arguments. Après des années de procédure, les parents de Théo, 17 ans, ont fait face, jeudi 3 avril au tribunal de Vienne, en Isère, à la multinationale Bayer-Monsanto. Ils accusent le glyphosate, célèbre herbicide du groupe, d’avoir causé les très graves malformations à la naissance de leur fils, après que la mère de Théo a pulvérisé la substance pendant sa grossesse.
Pendant cette journée d’audience, Bayer-Monsanto a tenté de démonter un à un les arguments de la famille. «Il n’y a eu aucune exposition au glyphosate», assène l’un des avocats du géant de la chimie dans une longue plaidoirie. Il tacle les témoignages de ceux qui assurent avoir vu Sabine Grataloup, la mère de Théo, asperger de pesticide sa carrière d’équitation en août 2006. Ces témoignages ont été recueillis dix ans plus tard, «comment peuvent-ils s’en souvenir précisément ?», interroge le camp Monsanto. La défense brandit également la photo du bidon de désherbant fourni par la famille Grataloup.
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