Seattle Announces It Has Reached $160M Settlement With Monsanto For PCB Releases

(July 26, 2024, 1:14 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Seattle announced in a July 25 press release that it has reached a $160 million settlement with chemical manufacturer Monsanto Co. for its alleged contamination of the city’s Lower Duwamish River with polychlorinated biphenyls XE "polychlorinated biphenyls"  (PCBs)....