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June 25, 2020

Monsanto to pay $95M over PCB pollution in Washington

  • Seattle is pressing ahead with its own lawsuit, which is set for trial next year.
    • By GENE JOHNSON
    Associated Press

    SEATTLE — The agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to pay Washington state $95 million to settle a lawsuit that blamed it for pervasive pollution from PCBs — toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades.

    The announcement Wednesday from Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson came as Bayer, which acquired Monsanto two years ago, said it would pay $820 million to resolve PCB pollution claims and up to $10.9 billion to resolve many claims, both current and future, over contamination from or exposure to Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.


     
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