Westport, Town of v. Monsanto Co.

ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20164
No(s). 17-1461 (1st Cir. Dec 8, 2017)

The First Circuit held that a pesticide company is not liable for cleaning up PCB-laden caulk installed in a Massachusetts middle school in the 1960s. Before August 1970, the pesticide company sold PCB mixtures to formulators of building materials, who then incorporated them into various end product...