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Monsanto agrees to $160 million settlement with Seattle over pollution in the Duwamish River

https://apnews.com/article/monsanto-seattle-pollution-settlement-655da11a1a83485c765e3008359bbe77

Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting the Lower Duwamish River with toxins that posed a threat to humans, fish and wildlife.

Monsanto agrees to $160 million settlement with Seattle over pollution in the Duwamish River

6 comments

cosmicrookie

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So... they simply settled on a pricetag for breaking the law

Anticorp

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And the people who were affected get nothing. This is transactional destruction of our resources between a business and the government.

Thassodar

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Furthermore is the money obtained going to used to reverse the effects the event has on the environment? I doubt it.

RubberElectrons

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The article says the city built a water processing plant to help remove stuff including PCBs from the river flow in 2014, before the suit started in 2016.

It's not enough, but let's consider the $160 million as repaying the city for that initial capital expenditure.

Thassodar

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To be fair I did not read the article, that's my fault.

grandma

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Ah yes, the cost of doing business