Posted on 04.16.24

Maine sues Monsanto, accusing chemical manufacturer of polluting land, water

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/, April 12, 2023
By: Stephen Singer

Monsanto, the giant biochemical manufacturer, knowingly polluted streams, rivers, estuaries and wetlands in Maine for years with PCBs before the carcinogenic chemical compound was banned by federal law in the 1970s, the state said in a lawsuit filed Friday.

The suit, filed in Cumberland County Superior Court, accuses Monsanto of selling hundreds of thousands of pounds of commercial PCB mixtures, formally known as polychlorinated biphenyls, in Maine from 1960 to the mid-1970s. Read more.

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