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French child compensated for birth defects caused by glyphosate

A French farmer sprays glyphosate herbicide "Roundup 720" made by agrochemical giant Monsanto, in northwestern France on 23 April, 2021. (Illustration photo) © Jean-François Monier / AFP

The French Pesticide Victims' Compensation Fund is paying compensation to a teenager who has suffered numerous illnesses since birth as a result of glyphosate. This is the first case of its kind in France.

Since March 2022, the child, now aged 16, has been receiving €1,000 a month from a French compensation fund (Fonds d'indemnisation des victimes des pesticides), after scientific experts established a causal link between his mother's exposure to glyphosate when she was pregnant and her son's birth defects.

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