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Monsanto Company

U.S. chemical company. The former Monsanto Company made Agent Orange for the U.S. military; the current Monsanto says it has held responsibility for the product since a 2002 spin-off.

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Over time
  1. produced Agent Orange 1965–1970
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In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation

  1. 7 May 1984 Settled with U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York: $180M, paid with six other makers into a $180 million class settlement with Vietnam veterans and their families; the agreement is no admission of liability by the defendants and no concession of lack of merit by the plaintiffs 1The $180 million was the total paid by the seven makers together, not this company’s share.

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  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York 7 May 1984 $180M, paid with six other makers into a $180 million class settlement with Vietnam veterans and their families; the agreement is no admission of liability by the defendants and no concession of lack of merit by the plaintiffs Primary record 1

    The $180 million was the total paid by the seven makers together, not this company’s share.

acquired by

  • Bayer 2018 Scholarship & press 2

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  1. 1965–1970 Monsanto Company produced Agent Orange
  2. 7 May 1984 Monsanto Company settled with U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  3. 2018 Bayer acquired Monsanto Company
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  1. In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, 597 F. Supp. 740 (E.D.N.Y. 1984), MDL No. 381, decided 25 September 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Chief Judge Jack B. Weinstein), 25 Sep 1984. Primary record Archived copy
    defendants have agreed to pay to the class $180 million plus interest in a manner directed by the court.
    Neither this Agreement nor any proceeding taken hereunder shall be construed as or deemed to be evidence or an admission or concession by any defendant of any liability or wrongdoing whatsoever, which is expressly denied by each defendant
    or on the part of the plaintiffs of any lack of merit in their claims.
    The seven chemical company defendants, Dow Chemical Co., Hercules, Inc., The Monsanto Company, Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Corporation, Thompson Chemical Corporation, T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition, and Uniroyal, Inc., manufactured over 99% of a herbicide called Agent Orange
    The Fund shall indemnify all defendants
    rendered against any of them in all state-court actions alleging harm caused by exposure to Agent Orange in or near Vietnam, not to exceed an aggregate amount of $10 million.
    Monsanto was invited, but did not attend.
    personnel at Edgewood Arsenal learned from Monsanto Chemical Company of toxic byproducts of 2, 4, 5-T production
  2. French court dismisses appeal in Agent Orange case, AFP, via The Star (Malaysia), 23 Aug 2024. Scholarship & press
    Monsanto, which was taken over by German chemicals giant Bayer in 2018
  3. Agent Orange: Background on Monsanto's Involvement (Monsanto statement, excerpted), Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, reproducing a Monsanto statement, 7 Apr 2017. Self-published
    From 1965 to 1969, the former Monsanto Company manufactured Agent Orange for the U.S. military as a wartime government contractor.
    The current Monsanto Company has maintained responsibility for this product since we were spun-off as a separate, independent agricultural company in 2002.
  4. French court rejects claim in landmark Agent Orange lawsuit, Al Jazeera (with Reuters), 10 May 2021. Scholarship & press
    The landmark case, filed in 2014, has pitched Tran To Nga, a 79-year-old, who claims she was a victim of Agent Orange, against 14 firms, including US multinational companies Dow Chemical and Monsanto
  5. Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co., 517 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2008), No. 05-1953-cv, decided 22 February 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 22 Feb 2008. Primary record Archived copy
    manufactured by defendants-appellees United States companies (collectively, “Defendants”) and deployed by the United States military during the Vietnam War.
    Defendants also argued that Plaintiffs lacked standing to bring suit, that their claims under the Alien Tort Statute were nonjusticiable under the political question doctrine, and that all of their claims were barred by the government-contractor defense.
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