After long battles, several farmers in France have won legal claims that their cancer or Parkinson's disease is caused by working with pesticides. They have now formed a network to help others fight similar cases. Paul Francois was front page news as the annual international agriculture show opened in Paris. As a leading spokesman in the newly formed 'victimes des pesticides' network in France, his photograph featured on the cover of a big circulation family magazine, La Vie. A major landowner and former intensive farmer, Mr Francois now has serious health problems as a result of exposure to pesticides. He is now determined to make his voice heard.
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