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Company: Monsanto Company
Current Parent Company: Bayer
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Penalty: $698,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: December 15, 2022
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: PCB violation
Mega-Scandal: PCBs
Violation Description: The Oregon Attorney General announced a $698 million settlement with the Monsanto Company for its role in polluting Oregon with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) for the past 90-plus years.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Oregon Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Oregon
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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