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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: PCBs
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in connection with the proliferation of polychlorinated biphenyls--dangerous compounds known as PCBs.
Penalty Total since 2000: $2,473,749,999
Number of Penalty Records: 13
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2022 | OR-AG | $698,000,000 |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $537,500,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $390,000,000 |
| AVX Corp. | Kyocera | electrical and electronic equipment | PCB violation | 2013 | MA-AG | $366,250,000 |
| Monsanto Co. et al. | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2020 | WA-AG | $95,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLC | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2022 | OH-AG | $80,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2023 | VA-AG | $80,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2020 | DC-AG | $52,000,000 |
| Solutia Inc. | Eastman Chemical | chemicals | PCB violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Monsanto | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2023 | PA-ENV | $33,333,333 |
| Solutia INC | Eastman Chemical | chemicals | PCB violation | 2023 | PA-ENV | $33,333,333 |
| Pharmacia LLC | | | PCB violation | 2023 | PA-ENV | $33,333,333 |
| Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLC | Bayer | chemicals | PCB violation | 2022 | NH-AG | $25,000,000 |
