Monsanto guilty in 'false ad' row

4 those of you who don't know Monsanto produced more agent orange during the Vietnam war than any other of the 36 chemicals companies involved. In addition to this 'Round up' contains 'agent blue' as one of it's ingredients. So stop putting it on your lawns.

France's highest court has ruled that US
agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of
its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup.

Monsanto's weed-killer, Roundup, is the world's best-selling herbicide

The court confirmed an
earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as
"biodegradable" and claimed it "left the soil clean".

The company was fined 15,000 euros (£13,800; $22,400). It has yet to comment on the judgment.

Roundup is the world's best-selling herbicide.

Monsanto also sells crops genetically-engineered to be tolerant to Roundup.

French
environmental groups had brought the case in 2001 on the basis that
glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, is classed as "dangerous for the
environment" by the European Union.

In the latest ruling,
France's Supreme Court upheld two earlier convictions against Monsanto
by the Lyon criminal court in 2007, and the Lyon court of appeal in
2008, the AFP news agency reports.

Earlier this month, Monsanto
reported a fourth quarter loss of $233m (£147m), driven mostly by a
drop in sales of its Roundup brand.