Landmark Agent Orange court case against agrochemical giants gets underway gmwatch.org/en/news/latest… Could #Monsanto finally be forced to acknowledge responsibility for the millions harmed? Rally this Saturday in support of #JusticePourTranToNga and all the victims of Agent Orange! 
Background: @Bayer's embroiled in multiple lawsuits in the US where as well as struggling to settle tens of thousands of Roundup-cancer claims, it's also facing #dicamba lawsuits and PCB lawsuits. It's also being sued by its own shareholders for not foreseeing all these lawsuits!
@Bayer In France Bayer lost a long legal fight involving another #Monsanto herbicide. It's also battling the @sabine_38 family, who are seeking to create a legal precedent to assist families with children that have been harmed by Roundup, like Théo, who was born with major birth defects
@Bayer @sabine_38 Now the Agent Orange lawsuit threatens to drag Bayer into yet another legal quagmire, and one with millions of victims who have been born malformed, or have damaged immune systems and/or increased risk of cancer and a range of other diseases that are passed down the generations.
@Bayer @sabine_38 Tran To Nga has suffered typical Agent Orange effects, including a failing immune system, type 2 diabetes, an extremely rare insulin allergy, TB twice, breast cancer. 1 of her daughters died of a malformation of the heart at 17 months while the others had serious health problems.
@Bayer @sabine_38 #Monsanto says: nothing to do with us, we were just following orders. But Tran To Nga’s lawyers say there was a call for tenders, NOT a requisition. Firms like #Monsanto chose to become involved so they could make big bucks, not because they had to. And they hid the toxicity.
@Bayer @sabine_38 Tran To Nga’s lawyers say the makers of Agent Orange misled the US govt. The companies knew of Agent Orange's toxicity but didn’t share their knowledge because “it was necessary at all costs to avoid a health scandal”. Sound familiar? Same thing as happened with PCBs, Roundup etc
@Bayer @sabine_38 French court hears Agent Orange case against chemical firms japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/2… “Recognition of Vietnamese civilian victims would constitute a legal precedent.” So far, only military veterans have won compensation for “absolutely phenomenal” toxic effects. @Bayer #Monsanto
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