French lawmakers have recognised the state’s “partial responsibility” in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting long-term harm on the islands and their people.

French lawmakers on Tuesday recognised the state's partial responsibility in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting…

French lawmakers have recognised the state’s “partial responsibility” in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting…

France's parliament has unanimously acknowledged the state's role in a pesticide scandal that contaminated most people in Guadeloupe and Martinique and has been linked to cancer…