Monsanto told to pay teachers $185M over chemical exposure
Source: AP
SEATTLE (AP) Three schoolteachers in Washington state who sued chemical company Monsanto over exposure to materials in fluorescent lights have been awarded $185 million.
The law firm that represented the teachers, Friedman Rubin, said a jury returned the verdict Tuesday in King County Superior Court. The teachers, who worked at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington, said they suffered brain damage from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the fluorescent lighting at the school.
This is a big step in holding Monsanto accountable, the teachers attorney, Rick Friedman, said in a statement.
Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, said the company disagreed with the verdict and may appeal.
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NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Yeah, because who just keeps using light bulbs and ballasts until they burn out?
Ford_Prefect
(7,897 posts)Bev54
(10,052 posts)buying out Monsanto?
KT2000
(20,577 posts)As a chemically injured person I knew I would just have to live long enough to see some progress and validation. Usually welfare/ medicaid has to pick up the tab for these injuries - tax dollars.
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Those lights were sucking the life out of him!
Danascot
(4,690 posts)for the Joe & The Volcano reference.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)Now Bayer gets the joy of cleaning up.
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Glyphosate would seem to be right up their alley.