Maryland AG Sues Monsanto, Alleges Harm To Natural Resources

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s lawyer wide filed a suit Tuesday against chemic institution Monsanto and 2 spinoffs, alleging that chemicals Monsanto manufactured harmed the state’s waters, food and wildlife and seeking to retrieve damages and clean-up costs.

The suit filed successful the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleges that Monsanto knew arsenic aboriginal arsenic 1937 that polychlorinated biphenyls had systemic toxic effects successful humans and animals, Attorney General Brian Frosh said successful a news release.

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“Monsanto not lone continued to manufacture and merchantability PCBs but accrued accumulation adjacent erstwhile the harm to the situation was undeniable,” Frosh said successful a statement. “Monsanto’s toxic bequest lives on. Until today, Marylanders person borne the outgo of cleaning up these poisons. It is clip for Monsanto to instrumentality afloat responsibility.”

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Monsanto was the lone U.S. institution to manufacture PCBs for wide commercialized usage betwixt 1935 and 1977, erstwhile it ceased accumulation 2 years earlier it was banned. The institution knew PCBs don’t people interruption down and touted their longevity, the suit alleges.

Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles called the suit an important measurement to assistance Maryland “make advancement successful preventing toxic contamination and recovering from decades of damage.”

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