BALTIMORE — Baltimore City will collect part of a $537.5 million settlement from a 2019 federal class action lawsuit filed against chemical maker Monsanto, Solutia Inc.
The company was accused of contaminating the city's water systems with PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls), a chemical banned by federal law.
Baltimore County along with other municipalities throughout the U.S. also sued the company, including several in California and Washington State.
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The settlement creates four separate funds to compensate the municipalities for monitoring, cleaning up, and restoring the affected water systems.
It's unclear exactly how much Baltimore will receive.
