{"id":1701292,"date":"2022-10-18T14:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701292"},"modified":"2022-10-18T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:18:16","slug":"washington-families-win-275-million-from-pharmaceutical-company-for-toxic-exposure-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-families-win-275-million-from-pharmaceutical-company-for-toxic-exposure-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Families Win $275 Million From Pharmaceutical Company For Toxic Exposure At School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-families-win-275-million-from-pharmaceutical-company-for-toxic-exposure-at-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Students and their parents at a school near Seattle have been awarded $275 million in a case regarding toxic exposure to chemicals from a large pharmaceutical company.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit against Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the parent company of Monsanto, involved ten students and parents in the Monroe School District, who claimed they suffered neurological injuries due to ongoing chemical exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Over 200 people from the Sky Valley Education Center in Snohomish County have sued Monsanto over alleged contamination at the school, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/times-watchdog\/275m-verdict-for-toxic-exposures-at-monroe-school-adding-to-swelling-cost\/\">according<\/a> to a Monday report by the Seattle Times.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits claim that the school district knew as early as 2014 that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found on campus. Despite clean-up efforts, the toxins were allegedly found as recently as 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Some students and staff at the school reported that they were showing signs of cognitive problems, developing skin cysts, and that some girls as young as six were hitting puberty, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/times-watchdog\/toxic-pcbs-festered-at-a-monroe-washington-school-as-sky-valley-students-teachers-grew-sicker\/\">according<\/a> to a January report from the Seattle Times. One staff member reportedly developed uterine cancer and was unable to return to her job.<\/p>\n<p>PCBs have been banned since 1979, but high levels continue to be found in some locations, including at Sky Valley. The chemicals have been connected with some forms of cancer and other health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21182999-110220-svec-warning-letter-from-epa#document\/p4\/a2074949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> was sent from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Justin Blasko, superintendent of the Monroe Public School District, in 2020. The letter was a follow-up to a 2019 inspection and urged a more aggressive response to concerns about toxin levels at the Sky Valley location.<\/p>\n<p>The communication noted that \u201cas of the date of this letter, SVEC has not yet developed any submittals for EPA approval that address these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EPA recommended the campus \u201caddress these concerns with more urgency than has yet been demonstrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the new $275 million verdict, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-education-lawsuits-seattle-washington-41ec8b31776deebc1483c94511cf92bb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that three previous related lawsuits have awarded $268 million to 14 plaintiffs. One additional lawsuit is ongoing, with more than a dozen legal cases pending.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Bayer stated that the company disagreed with the verdict and intends to appeal the outcome of the latest case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">\u201cWe respectfully disagree with the divided jury verdict reached in this 13-plaintiff case and plan to pursue post-trial motions and appeals based on multiple errors and the lack of proof at trial,\u201d Bayer said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/bayer-challenge-275-mln-us-jury-verdict-over-pcb-injury-claims-2022-10-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\u201cThe undisputed evidence in this case does not support the conclusions that plaintiffs were exposed to unsafe levels of PCBs at the Sky Valley Education Center or that these exposures are responsible for their alleged health issues\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">The Washington case is one of many Bayer is facing in the U.S. According to the report, Bayer set aside 694 million euros for an expected settlement with the State of Oregon over PCB in wastewater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students and their parents at a school near Seattle have been awarded $275 million in a case regarding toxic exposure to chemicals from a large pharmaceutical company. 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