City of Spokane files suit against Monsanto over river contamination

[ashling]

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/04/1408734/-City-of-Spokane-files-suit-against-Monsanto-over-river-contamination?detail=facebook#

The city of Spokane has filed a lawsuit against the international agrochemical giant Monsanto, alleging that the company sold chemicals for decades that it knew were a danger to human and environmental health.

The lawsuit, which does not specifically state what the city is seeking in monetary damages, also alleges that Monsanto is responsible for the high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the Spokane River.

[villager]

1. Has the City of Spokane gone... *anti-science!!?*

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Even when I was little in the 50's

You couldn'the fish in the river because it was so polluted.

Then it got better after they built a sewage plant. I think my brother fishes there but does catch and release.

Right now the river is way down and the water is 80 degrees and they are asking people not to fish because the fish are so stressed.

Hasn't been this bad since 1910.