Winery Found Guilty of Pesticide Poisoning
Wine-searcher.com/ AFP.-/ Court rules in favor of woman hospitalized after being exposed to pesticides while working in vineyard. In a first for vineyard workers, a winery has been found guilty of failing to protect its workers from the harmful health effects of pesticides. Château Monestier La Tour, in southwest France’s Bergerac region, was convicted of “inexcusable misconduct” for failing to protect an employee against exposure to pesticides used in the vineyard, after court action dragged on for almost three years.…