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From 1929 to 1971, an off-post Monsanto chemical plant operated south of Fort McClellan in Anniston, AL. PCBs from the plant were released into the environment, and the surrounding community was exposed.
26 Ιουλ 2019 · The victims of Anniston won $300 million from Monsanto, its subsidiary Solutia, Pfizer, and other firms, none of whom admitted any wrongdoing. Fifty million dollars was reserved for a health clinic to address the medical aftermath of Anniston’s poisoning.
24 Αυγ 2023 · 2023 marks two decades since the Monsanto Chemical Company settled a lawsuit with residents of Anniston, Alabama. Twenty thousand townspeople blamed illnesses like cancer and birth defects on exposure to chemicals known as PCBs. Monsanto manufactured these products at its plant southeast of town.
12 Δεκ 2020 · By 1969, Monsanto was Anniston’s largest employer and had been dumping 250 pounds of waste into Snow Creek – West Anniston’s water source – for almost thirty-five years. In response to European scientists’ claims that polychlorinated biphenyls were toxic, Monsanto ran multiple internal studies on the chemicals throughout the late 60s ...
30 Ιαν 2024 · It’s been two decades since the chemical company Monsanto settled a lawsuit with Anniston residents. People there said Monsanto exposed them to chemicals called PCBs which caused birth defects and cancer. Anniston still bears those scars, and the town's plight is attracting international attention.
30 Αυγ 2023 · 2023 marks two decades since the Monsanto Chemical Company settled a lawsuit with residents of Anniston, Alabama. Twenty thousand townspeople blamed illnesses like cancer and birth defects on exposure to chemicals known as PCBs. Monsanto manufactured these products at its plant southeast of town.
6 Ιαν 2002 · Anniston managers finally began to act that fall, installing a sump, a carbon bed and a new limestone pit to trap PCBs. In 1971, facing as much as $1 billion in additional pollution-control costs in Anniston, Monsanto shifted all PCB production to its plant in Illinois. Before the year was over, Crockett helped out once more.
