$35 million PCB water contamination settlement between Monsanto and city of LA
Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/, October 11, 2024
An agriculture conglomerate and two related companies settled a lawsuit with Los Angeles for $35 million over the sale of man-made chemicals found in local waterways, City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced Friday.
The city attorney’s office sued Monsanto Company in 2022 alleging that despite knowing about the dangers of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which are man-made chemicals, to the environment, public health and wildlife, the company continued selling them while claiming they were safe. Read more.