Judge OKs Settlement in Monsanto Agent Orange Suit
Monsanto will pay $93 million for property clean-up and medical monitoring for thousands of West Virginia residents now that a judge has given final approval to a settlement to resolve claims that the company polluted the town of Nitro with dioxin from a plant that produced Agent Orange. The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Monsanto will pay $84 million for medical monitoring of the town’s residents over a period of 30 years as well as another $9 million to get 4,500 homes cleaned