Monsanto Settles West Virginia Lawsuits Over Nitro Plant
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Monsanto Co., the world’s biggest seed company, agreed to settle all pending litigation relating to dioxin contamination from a plant in Nitro, West Virginia, that produced Agent Orange herbicide decades ago.
The settlements to the litigation, which include class-action lawsuits filed in the state, provide as much as $9 million to have 4,500 homes professionally cleaned, St. Louis-based Monsanto said today in a statement. Monsanto also will provide as much as $84 million over 30 years for medical monitoring of current and former residents, workers and students, and it will pay the community’s legal fees and court costs over the past seven years.