Norfolk Southern has agreed to a $600 million settlement to resolve class action lawsuits filed after a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio spilling more than a million pounds of highly toxic chemicals into the community.
Read More Norfolk Southern Agrees On $600M Settlement Over A Year After Ohio Train Derailment
Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest.
Read More Crop-killing weeds advance across US farmland as chemicals lose effectiveness
Four plaintiffs claimed that Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller caused injuries, including cancer, and a Missouri jury awarded them $1.56 billion. This decision might increase investor pressure on the German pharmaceutical and agricultural chemicals corporation to alter its legal approach.
Read More Bayer To Pay $1.56B In Most Recent Trial Over Roundup Weedkiller Causing Cancer, Other Injuries
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