Europe 1 with AFP 6:01 p.m., June 27, 2022

The Paris administrative court condemned the State for "wrongful negligence" in the case of chlordecone, used as a pest control in the Antilles, but rejected the plaintiffs' claims for compensation for damage to anxiety, in a decision obtained on Monday by AFP.

The Paris administrative court condemned the State for "wrongful negligence" in the case of chlordecone, used as a pest control in the Antilles, but rejected the plaintiffs' claims for compensation for damage to anxiety, in a decision obtained on Monday by AFP.

"State services have committed culpable negligence by allowing the sale of the same antiparasitic specialty containing 5% chlordecone", under various names, "by authorizing the continuation of sales beyond the legally provided deadlines in the event of withdrawal of approval", according to this decision rendered on Friday.

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