Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, September 28, 2023
By: Joe Kelly

The city of Milwaukee’s government sued Monsanto on Thursday over ongoing contamination of its water systems by PCBs, a family of human-made toxic chemicals the agrochemical giant used in its products for decades.

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are tasteless, odorless organic chemicals used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications from their first manufacture in 1929 until they were banned in 1979, according to the EPA. Studies have linked PCBs and multiple cancers in humans, as well as immune, reproductive and neurological maladies in monkeys and other animals. Read more.