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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Chicago sues Monsanto for PCB pollution over decades

Chicago is suing chemical maker Monsanto, the maker of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. Despite being banned in 1979, products made before that time continue to discharge the chemicals into Lake Michigan through rainwater, the lawsuit said. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago is suing the maker of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, that were banned in the U.S. more than 40 years ago, saying that the city continues to bear the cost of cleaning up the harmful chemicals.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration brought the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday against chemical maker Monsanto and its successor companies and a distributor, Univar Solutions of Downers Grove.

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