Dorsey Daniel v. Syngenta et al.

Case nature :
Civil court
Plaintiffs types :
Farm/rural workers
Defendants :
Syngenta, Chevron, FMC Corporation
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Herbicide, Paraquat
Complaint date :
July 11, 2022
Place of jurisdiction :
United States, The Southern District of Illinois
Summary :

On May 18, 2022, Kentucky resident Dorsey Daniel, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease as a result of using Paraquat, which he sprayed on a…

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Herrera Rios et al. V. Dow Chemical et al.

Case nature :
Civil court
Plaintiffs types :
Farm/rural workers, Individuals
Defendants :
Dow Chemical, Shell Oil Company, Occidental Chemical (Oxy)
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
DBCP, Nemagon, Fumazone
Complaint date :
November 5, 2018
Place of jurisdiction :
France, Paris
Summary :

On May 11, 2022, the Judicial Court of Paris rejected the exequatur request of 1,248 Nicaraguan workers, victims of the nematicide dibromo-chloropropane (DBCP), to force the three companies, Shell, Dow Chemical and Occidental Chemical (now Oxy), to respect…

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Shelton v. Monsanto

Case nature :
Civil court
Plaintiffs types :
Individuals
Defendants :
Monsanto
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Roundup, Glyphosate, Herbicide
Complaint date :
No description
Place of jurisdiction :
United States, Kansas City (Missouri)
Summary :

Shelton suffers from non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and alleges that exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, and other company herbicide brands made with glyphosate, caused him to develop NHL….

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Générations Futures et al v. Paret-Louze

Case nature :
Civil court
Plaintiffs types :
Environmental NGOs
Defendants :
Paret-Louze company and its manager
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Insecticide, Fungicide
Complaint date :
No description
Place of jurisdiction :
France, Grenoble
Summary :

The company Paret-Louze and its manager are in court in Grenoble for having treated about a hundred hectares of apple trees in the presence of bees and other pollinators on April 1, 2021….

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Prefect of Haute-Saône v. municipality of Confracourt

Case nature :
Administrative
Plaintiffs types :
Politicians
Defendants :
Patrick Baud
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Propyzamide, Metazachlor, Metolachlor, All
Complaint date :
March 31, 2022
Place of jurisdiction :
France, Besançon
Summary :

The order prohibiting the use of any pesticide in the protection perimeter, defined in 1994, of the Saint-Antoine spring, issued by the mayor of Confracourt, is challenged by the prefect of Haute-Saône…

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