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telegraph.co.uk
09 Jul 2015
Von Samuel Henry, Paris

'Allererste' strafrechtliche Ermittlungen/Untersuchung in Frankreich in den Tod des Winzers durch Einsatz von Pestiziden/Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel

Französisch Strafgericht startet Wahrzeichen-Untersuchung "fahrlässiger Tötung" von James-Bernard Murat, der 40 Jahre Aufsprühen eines karzinogenes/krebserregenden Pestizid/Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel auf seinen Bordeaux Trauben angegeben hat und im Jahre 2012 an Lungenkrebs gestorben ist.

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'First ever' criminal investigation in France into wine grower's death from pesticide use

French criminal court launches landmark inquiry into “involuntary homicide" of James-Bernard Murat, who spent 40 years spraying a carcinogenic pesticide on his Bordeaux grapes and died of lung cancer in 2012


By Henry Samuel, Paris

6:30AM BST 09 Jul 2015


A French criminal court has launched an unprecedented inquiry into the “involuntary homicide” of a Bordeaux wine grower who died of lung cancer after using a toxic pesticide on his grapes for 40 years.


James-Bernard Murat, died in 2012 after spraying his vineyards in southwestern France with three pesticides containing sodium arsenite, that is now banned as a carcinogenic poison.


His cancer was officially confirmed to be “linked to his profession” in 2011, but this is the first time a criminal investigation has been launched to seek those responsible for “involuntary homicide, fraud and failure to offer aid”.
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