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Mar 7th, 2018 at 6:11pm
 
https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-ohio/ohio-sues-monsanto-over-toxic-chemica...

Ohio sues Monsanto over toxic chemicals


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CINCINNATI -- State officials filed a lawsuit against agribusiness giant Monsanto Monday over contaminants they the company manufactured despite knowing they were toxic.

Monsanto manufactured and sold PCBs from 1929 to 1977 under the name Aroclor for use in a variety of applications, like paint, lubricant and electrical equipment, according to a news release from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.

PCBs are toxic to humans, and they don't break down once in the environment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. They can be carried by air, water and soil, and have been found far from where they were released.

Monsanto learned that PCBs are toxic in the 1930s, but kept making them for decades anyway, according to the lawsuit.

In Ohio, officials have found dangerous levels of PCBs in the Ohio River basin and Great Miami River basin, as well as other rivers and bodies across the state, including Lake Erie, according to the lawsuit.

"Ohioans deserve to enjoy their natural resources without contamination from these toxic chemicals, and we believe Monsanto should be held responsible for the damage it caused," DeWine said in a written statement. "Our goal in taking this action is to protect Ohio, its citizens and its natural resources."

Officials filed the lawsuit against Monsanto and two other companies in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The lawsuit alleges that Monsanto was negligent and created a public nuisance. Officials want the company to be accountable for harm to the environment and pay for PCB contamination cleanup.

Scott Partridge, vice president of global strategy at Monsanto, said they were reviewing the lawsuit and will defend themselves "aggressively."

"Monsanto voluntarily stopped producing PCBs more than 40 years ago," he said in a news release. "Monsanto sold PCBs to many industrial and manufacturing customers, as well as the U.S. government, which put them to various uses and disposed of them in different ways."

Read the full lawsuit below:

Ohio sues Monsanto by WCPO Web Team on Scribd

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Reply #1 - Mar 7th, 2018 at 6:24pm
 
good news.. I hope they get sued out of business..

if not..

the law suits will keep coming as this is only the tip of the iceberg with this dirty polluting company..
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Reply #2 - Mar 7th, 2018 at 8:26pm
 
thanks master Light,

pollution is a very real environmental problem.
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Reply #3 - Mar 8th, 2018 at 5:30pm
 
They tried to sue Monsanto over Roundup being a toxic chemical, despite it being listed as non-toxic. Have they just moved the goalposts?
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Reply #4 - Mar 11th, 2018 at 4:57pm
 
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Lawsuit filed on behalf of all Quebec beekeepers targets insecticide makers #Bayer and #Syngeta

Steve Martineau, a Quebec queen bee breeder, launched the suit after seeing more and more of his bees dying or being incapacitated, according to his lawyer Samy Elnemr.

He conducted tests on the bees and found traces of neonicotinoids, his lawyer said.

"We're suing on behalf of Quebec beekeepers whose bees were non-productive or killed," Elnemr said.

Elnemr estimates that Martineau has lost about $20,000 due to the effects of neonicotinoids on his bee population.

That's the amount the firm is seeking in damages through this case.

Representatives from the David Suzuki Foundation have pressed for stricter controls of the pesticide.

In addition to the Quebec class-action suit, Elnemr's firm is proceeding with a Canada-wide lawsuit against neonicotinoid manufacturers.

"We are confident that once we get to trial that the science will show that these pesticides are harmful to bees and the losses are caused by the product," he said.

http://www.cbc.ca/…/beekeeper-s-20k-class-action-suit-goes-….

I’m hoping this type of class action can be replicated around the world. Please join the Facebook group ‘nice Beekeepers unite!” to orchestrate similar actions in the future.
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Reply #5 - Mar 11th, 2018 at 5:09pm
 
"These headlines seem to reflect a line included in the abstract of the study itself: “These findings point to neonicotinoids causing a reduced capacity of bee species to establish new populations in the year following exposure.”

Sure sounds like a bummer for the bees. One problem: The data in the paper (and about 1000 pages of supporting data not included but available in background form to reporters) do not support that bold conclusion. No, there is no consensus evidence that neonics are “slowly killing bees.” No, this study did not add to the evidence that neonics are driving bee health problems."

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/07/03/backlash-flawed-landmark-european-...
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Reply #6 - Mar 11th, 2018 at 6:43pm
 


There is a lot of hysteria from the luvvies regarding Monsanto, however this case seems justified.

That is if they knew the dangers and kept producing and keeping the dangers hidden.
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Reply #7 - Mar 11th, 2018 at 6:54pm
 
miketrees wrote on Mar 11th, 2018 at 6:43pm:
There is a lot of hysteria from the luvvies regarding Monsanto, however this case seems justified.

That is if they knew the dangers and kept producing and keeping the dangers hidden.


Saying that all GM is bad is ludicrous. They are all different and all should be judged on their own merits.
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