Judge allows Burlington School District’s lawsuit against Monsanto to proceed
Source: https://vtdigger.org/. July 26, 2023
By: Patrick Crowley
A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the Burlington School District’s lawsuit against Monsanto on Monday, allowing the suit to proceed.
U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions denied the motion in a lawsuit related to PCB contamination at Burlington High School. The school district alleged in a complaint filed in December that the agrochemical giant knew of the potential harm of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, a class of chemical commonly used in building materials until the 1970s that has been linked to damaging health effects. Read more.