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A verdict in a law suit made Monsanto's character explicit.
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On February 22, 2002, Monsanto was found guilty for poisoning the town of Anniston, Alabama with their PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl compounds) factory and covering it up for decades.
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They were convicted of negligence, wantonness, suppression of the truth, nuisance, trespass, and outrage.
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According to Alabama law, to be guilty of outrage typically requires conduct:
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"so outrageous in character and extreme in degree as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency so as to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in civilized society."
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The $700 million fine imposed on Monsanto was on behalf of the Anniston residents, whose blood levels of Monsanto's toxic PCBs were hundreds or thousands of times the average.
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This disease-producing chemical, used as coolants and lubricants for over 50 years, are now virtually omnipresent in the blood and tissues of humans and wildlife around the globe.
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Ken Cook of the Environmental Working Group says that based on Monsanto documents made public during a trial, the company knew the truth from the very beginning.
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They lied about it.
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They hid the truth from their neighbours
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One Monsanto memo explains their justification:
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We can't afford to lose one dollar of business.
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Welcome to the world of Monsanto.
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And has that culture changed?
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Take a look at the seed business globally and Monsanto's role in that.
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