polychlorinated biphenyls
Here’s Why Portland, Oregon Just Filed a Major Federal Lawsuit Against Monsanto
Becoming the seventh city to sue Monsanto over contaminated waterways, Portland passed a resolution last week authorizing city attorney Tracy Reeve to take the biotech company to federal court over its decades-long dispersal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The city has spent more than $1 billion cleaning up PCB pollution in the Willamette River, and now…
Read MoreWashington State Sues Monsanto Over “Omnipresent and Terrifically Toxic” PCB Pollution
Washington is suing agrichemical giant Monsanto over pollution from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). It is the first state to file such a suit, joining cities including Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Long Beach, and San Diego in California. Those cases are ongoing. Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit at a news…
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