Monsanto
1901–2018
A century of poisoning cases — PCBs, Agent Orange, a foreign bribe — bought and renamed out of existence by Bayer.
Monsanto carried one of the longest poisoning records in American industry: PCBs (toxic industrial chemicals) discharged for decades into Anniston, Alabama; Agent Orange; and a foreign bribe. Bayer paid about $63 billion for it and then renamed it out of existence — inheriting the record along with the brand.
What the record shows
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It manufactured PCBs for decades and discharged them into Anniston, Alabama.
FACTMonsanto and its spin-off Solutia reached a landmark settlement in 2003 over the Anniston PCB contamination — a poisoning of a whole community documented in court.
Its record also includes Agent Orange and a foreign bribe.
FACTThe rap sheet spans the Vietnam-era defoliant and a documented overseas bribery case — the reasons Bayer's purchase came with liability, not just a brand.
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