Chambéry (AFP)
Sixty-three people whose urine analysis revealed the presence of glyphosate in the body complained on Wednesday to the prosecutor of Chambéry for "endangering the lives of others," said a door AFP Floor-.
This action is part of a vast campaign against this weed killer present in the Roundup Monsanto (Bayer group), which began this autumn in Ariège.
Complaints are usually transmitted to the public health unit of the Paris court.
The urine samples were taken on May 11, under the control of a bailiff. The results show that 100% of the people tested had glyphosate in the urine, between 0.35 and 7 nanograms per milliliter, or "on average, in the sample, 12 times the rate that makes the water unsafe for consumption. human ", according to the statement of these activists who present themselves as" volunteer pissers ".
The complaints were filed against X for "endangering the lives of others, deception aggravated, environmental damage, if necessary in a meeting".
The complainants demand that the involvement of the leaders of "all glyphosate pesticide manufacturers", as well as the leaders of the European Commission and the National Food Safety Agency, be verified. environment and work (ANSES).
"We want to know why we have so much glyphosate in our body when it does not exist in nature, and what are the consequences," said AFP spokesman Marc Pascal, a socio-economist. .
Wednesday's operation was organized by Friends of the Earth, Stop GMO 73 and On Poppies.
According to these associations, about 2,000 trials are in preparation in France against glyphosate and 11,000 in the world. Monsanto, bought in 2018 by the German Bayer, has already been convicted several times, particularly in the United States and France after glyphosate was considered responsible for cancer or poisoning.
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