François was awarded 11,135 euros by the court in Lyon, which confirmed previous rulings that Monsanto was responsible for poisoning the farmer.In 2004, on his farm in the Charente region in western France, François accidentally inhaled vapours of the herbicide Lasso, made by Monsanto, which was acquired by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer in 2018.While François welcomed the conviction of an industrial giant "in a case brought by a farmer", he regrets the "paltry amount" of the compensation.pic.twitter.com/1UuV4XkhP6 — franceinfo (@franceinfo) December 8, 2022In 2020, Bayer paid nearly 10 billion euros to settle a case involving Monsanto's Roundup herbicide.However, the court pointed out shortcomings in information provided to users that the product could be toxic."