The story of Monsanto Company

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.

1965–1970

Monsanto Company produced Agent Orange.

7 May 1984

Monsanto Company 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.

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

2018

Bayer acquired Monsanto Company.

Monsanto Company, involved in The 1984 Agent Orange class settlement, The March 1965 meeting of herbicide makers, The 1949 accident at Monsanto’s Nitro plant, The French Agent Orange suit and The Vietnamese Agent Orange lawsuit.

According to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.

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