陪审团命令Bayer向华盛顿一所学校因多氯联苯而生病的人支付1亿美元。 Jury orders Bayer to pay $100M to individuals sickened by PCBs at a Washington school.

华盛顿陪审团命令Bayer向4个人支付1亿美元,这些人声称他们在华盛顿Monroe的一所学校里被称为多氯联苯的有毒化学品致病。 A Washington jury ordered Bayer to pay $100 million to four individuals who claim they were sickened by toxic chemicals called PCBs at a school in Monroe, Washington. 该判决是目前针对Bayer的诉讼的一部分,Bayer于2018年获得多氯联苯制造者的Monsanto。 The verdict is part of ongoing litigation against Bayer, which acquired Monsanto, the maker of PCBs, in 2018. 陪审团认定Monsanto有责任隐瞒有关多氯联苯危险的信息,裁定赔偿2 500万美元,惩罚性损害赔偿7 500万美元。 The jury found Monsanto liable for concealing information about the dangers of PCBs, awarding $25 million in compensatory and $75 million in punitive damages. 拜耳计划上诉并认为PCB含量是安全的, Bayer plans to appeal and argues that PCB levels were safe and that the school ignored retrofit warnings.