The city of Spokane sues Monsanto in action tied to PCBs in river

The city of Spokane has filed a lawsuit against the international agrochemical giant Monsanto, alleging that the company sold chemicals for decades that it knew were a danger to human and environmental health, and is at fault for polluting the Spokane River.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane, is similar to suits filed recently by San Diego and San Jose against the Missouri-based agriculture company for compromising municipal water sources with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.

Marlene Feist, the city’s utilities spokeswoman, called the suit “long-term litigation,” acknowledging that the city didn’t specify the damages being sought. She noted that the city will spend $300 million in coming years to keep PCBs and other pollutants from entering the river.


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