A court in Nantes has condemned the government for not enforcing more aggressively laws against the over-use of nitrates in farming. The result of this practice has been over the last 10 years thick carpets of green algae on the beaches of Brittany which give off toxic gasses. A local man's horse died from the effects of this (and a couple of years ago some 40 sangliers were found dead) and he decided to take the authorities to court.
The ministry of agriculture was found to be guilty of not enforcing the laws which already exist. New restrictions on pesticides were brought in earlier but nitrates are still in use more widely than deemed necessary.
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