Europe's double standards on toxic exports | The European Correspondent
Charles Morin is a retired winegrower from Montpellier, in southern France, who spent decades tending vineyards. He used an old tractor to spray his vines with arsenic-based pesticides. They made him sick.Arsenic was commonly used in Europe and the US since the beginning of the 20th century to protect crops from insects, weeds, and fungi. The substance was banned in the EU in 2002, and in 2004, the French health system recognised his illness as an occupational disease.
Only France (since 2022) a...
Only France (since 2022) a...