Monsanto: making billions at our expense

Our Oregon Blog:

Last week, Portland decided to sue the infamous Monsanto for contaminating waterways with polychlorinated biphenyls. PCBs were widely used as industrial insulators and electrical coolants in the 20th century, and could be found in everyday appliances like TVs and refrigerators … until they were banned in 1979 after evidence showed that PCBs cause cancer and other harmful diseases. What’s even worse is that they stick around in the environment for an alarmingly long time, harming animals all along the food chain.

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