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Monsanto agrees to $160 million settlement with Seattle over pollution in the Duwamish River (apnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/seattle

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[–] Anticorp 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And the people who were affected get nothing. This is transactional destruction of our resources between a business and the government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Furthermore is the money obtained going to used to reverse the effects the event has on the environment? I doubt it.

[–] RubberElectrons 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The article says the city built a water processing plant to help remove stuff including PCBs from the river flow in 2014, before the suit started in 2016.

It's not enough, but let's consider the $160 million as repaying the city for that initial capital expenditure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

To be fair I did not read the article, that's my fault.