Préfet de la Loire-Atlantique v. Maire de La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Préfet de la Loire-Atlantique v. Maire de La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Case nature : Administrative Plaintiffs types : Politicians Defendants : Fabrice Roussel Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : All Complaint date : October 9, 2019 Place of jurisdiction : France, Nantes Summary : The order banning the use of pesticides in the municipality taken by the mayor of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre on 9/9/2019 is challenged by the prefect of Loire-Atlantique… See details >>
Phyteis (ex UIPP) v. Prime Minister et al. Phyteis (ex UIPP) v. Prime Minister et al. Case nature : EU court Plaintiffs types : Economic stakeholders Defendants : Ministère de la Santé et des Solidarités, Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire (environment), ANSES (Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Prime Minister Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Insecticide, Neonicotinoid, Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Imidacloprid Complaint date : October 1, 2018 Place of jurisdiction : European Union, Luxembourg Summary : By Decree No. 2018-675 of July 30, 2018, France banned the use of five active substances from the neonicotinoid family: acetamiprid, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, based on the fourth paragraph of Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of September 9, 2015,… See details >>
Two widows of Indian farm workers et al v. Syngenta Two widows of Indian farm workers et al v. Syngenta Case nature : Civil court Plaintiffs types : Farm/rural workers Defendants : Syngenta Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Insecticide, Diafenthiuron, Polo Complaint date : September 18, 2020 Place of jurisdiction : Switzerland, Basel Summary : Two widows of Indian farm workers blame Syngenta for the death of their husbands, as well as an Indian farmer for his illness, after the insecticide Polo was sprayed on their fields… See details >>
MAPPP et al v. Syngenta MAPPP et al v. Syngenta Case nature : International Plaintiffs types : Environmental NGOs, Farm/rural workers, Farmers Defendants : Syngenta Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Polo, Diafenthiuron, Insecticid Complaint date : September 17, 2020 Place of jurisdiction : International, Bern Summary : On June 16, 2022, the Swiss National Contact Point (NCP) for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises officially… See details >>
Alba Luz Calderon de Cerda, Rafael Cerda Martinez v. Corteva Alba Luz Calderon de Cerda, Rafael Cerda Martinez v. Corteva Case nature : Civil court Plaintiffs types : Farm/rural workers Defendants : Corteva, Dow Chemical, City of Avenal, John A. Kochergen Properties, City of Huron, Woolf Farming Co, Cottonwest, LLC, Applicator ID 1020351 Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Chlorpyrifos, Insecticide, Organophosphate Complaint date : September 16, 2020 Place of jurisdiction : United States Summary : Parents say their son Rafael was exposed to chlorpyrifos in the uterus and as infant, through contaminated drinking water,… See details >>