Monsanto Hit With $100M Suit for Oregon PCB Pollution

Monsanto Co. should be held liable for $100 million in damages for PCB contamination of soils, waterways, and wildlife in Oregon, the state’s attorney general charged in a lawsuit filed Jan. 4.

The case is the latest filed by public officials, mostly cities on the west coast, against Monsanto and its related companies, Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia LLC, over alleged polychlorinated biphenyl pollution from an array of Monsanto products manufactured between 1929 to 1977.

“Despite knowing as early as 1937 that PCBs were toxic to humans and animals, and PCBs could escape into and contaminate the environment, Monsanto manufactured and ...