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Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:15 PM Jan 2018

Oregon suing agrochemical giant over PCB pollution

PORTLAND — Oregon is suing the agrochemical giant Monsanto over PCB pollution the state says has contaminated its waterways and wildlife.

The lawsuit filed Thursday by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum seeks $100 million to mitigate pollution that state officials say has accumulated over decades.

Monsanto did not immediately respond to the lawsuit when contacted by The AP. It called a similar lawsuit brought by Washington state in 2016 meritless.

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were used in many industrial and commercial applications.

Read more: http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36308425-75/oregon-suing-agrochemical-giant-over-pcb-pollution.html.csp

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