"A St. Louis jury has awarded three plaintiffs a total of $46.5 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging that Monsanto and three other companies were negligent in its handling of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a highly toxic and carcinogenic group of chemicals."
"Still, a growing number of West Coast cities have slammed lawsuits against the St. Louis-based corporation for cleanup costs of the compound. On May 19, the city of Long Beach in California became the eighth city to sue the biotech giant, joiningPortland, Seattle, Spokane, Berkeley, San Diego, San Jose and Oakland. These cases are pending."
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http://ecowatch.com/2016/05/26/monsanto-losses-pcb-lawsuit/
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