Oregon Sues Monsanto, Seeks Over $100M For PCB Cleanup

(January 5, 2018, 11:24 AM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — The state of Oregon on Jan. 4 filed suit in state court against Monsanto Co., Pharmacia Corp. and Solutia Inc., seeking more than $100 million in damages to clean up contamination in the state’s groundwater and soil resulting from the companies’ manufacturing of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (State of Oregon v. Monsanto Co., et al., No. 18CV00540, Ore. Cir., Multnomah Co.)....