Court Approves $105 Million Settlement on Atrazine

A federal court has given final approval to a legal settlement in which Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. will pay $105 million to an estimated 2,000 community water systems over the presence of atrazine in drinking water (Greenville v. Syngenta Crop Protection Inc.). The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on Oct. 23 approved the settlement in the class action lawsuit filed in 2010 by communities in several Midwestern states, including Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas. The proposed settlement was filed May 24 (36 CRR 616, 6/4/12) The plaintiffs had alleged that Syngenta marketed atrazine ...