New Hampshire AG Secured $25 Million Settlement for PCB Contamination

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella, along with Governor Chris Sununu, announced a settlement with agrochemical company Monsanto for selling products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) over a period of more than 50 years until 1977, resulting in the contamination of over 100 state bodies of water. PCBs have cancerous, neurological, reproductive, and other harmful effects in humans and wildlife, and are resistant to environmental degradation. The AG’s Office sued Monsanto in 2020 for marketing and selling PCB-containing products despite knowing the threat PCBs pose to human health and the environment. The settlement required Monsanto to pay $25 million in damages.