ICYMI: Jennings Hails (Delaware) Supreme Court’s Monsanto Ruling
’ case against agrochemical giant Monsanto can move forward in Superior Court.
Jennings, through the DOJ’s Office of Impact Litigation, first filed suit against Monsanto and two of its corporate spinoffs in September 2021, citing long-lasting damage to Delaware’s natural resources. Thesought to recover damages and clean-up costs associated with polychlorinated biphenyls , extremely toxic and persistent chemicals which Monsanto manufactured for decades, despite knowing the dangers they posed to the environment and public health.
Monsanto was the only major manufacturer of PCBs in North America for nearly half a century, until Congress banned the chemicals’ domestic manufacture in 1978. Despite that ban, PCBs continue to pollute Delaware’s natural resources and waterways, including the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and the Christina River Basin, as well as fish and wildlife throughout the State. Disturbances to contaminated waterway sediment – including dredging – can exacerbate the issue.
PCBs are difficult and expensive to remove from the environment, and they accumulate in the fatty tissues of living organisms. As a result, these
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