Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit stopped making toxic PCBs a half century ago, but the legal fallout lingers even as many of the building materials made with the chemicals are no longer used in US homes, schools and factories. On Tuesday …
Maine is suing biochemical giant Monsanto for allegedly knowingly selling products containing harmful chemicals that have contributed to contamination in the state. The latest lawsuit targeting the company over the manufacture and sale of products with polychlorinated biphenyls, also known …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio officials say a first-ever comprehensive study of the state`s largest rivers indicates great improvement in water quality over the past few decades. Gov. Mike DeWine and state environmental protection officials said Tuesday that the study …
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The manufacturer of chemicals that are forcing Vermont’s largest city to tear down its high school wants to block the demolition, saying that would result in the destruction of evidence. Burlington’s school board sued Monsanto in …
A federal court is weighing settlements with a South Carolina electronics company that would provide funds for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in New Jersey and Massachusetts. The proposed consent decree between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Cornell Dubilier …
Three schoolteachers in Washington state who sued chemical company Monsanto over exposure to materials in fluorescent lights have been awarded $185 million. The law firm that represented the teachers, Friedman Rubin, said a jury returned the verdict in King County …
The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer AG inherited last year when it acquired Monsanto Co. While thousands of damage claims over Roundup have grabbed headlines and hogged the attention of investors, the …
Baltimore has filed a lawsuit against the agrochemical giant Monsanto and two other companies, accusing them of polluting city waterways and stormwater. The legal effort focuses on PCBs, the industrial chemicals that have long accumulated in animals, plants and people …
