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Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Mar. 8, 2022

LA sues three companies over PCBs in waterways

The lawsuit seeks to abate pollution and reimburse the city for costs it has already incurred in cleaning up and ameliorating the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, City Attorney Mike Feuer told a news conference.

The city of Los Angeles on Monday accused three companies of polluting waterways with PCBs, an organic chlorine compound banned in 1979.

A lawsuit seeks reimbursement for costs the city has already incurred in cleaning up and ameliorating the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, City Attorney Mike Feuer told a news conference.

Defendants Monsanto Co., Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia LLC, all part of the sa...

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