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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal

Mega-Scandal: PCBs
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in connection with the proliferation of polychlorinated biphenyls--dangerous compounds known as PCBs.
Penalty Total since 2000: $2,668,749,999
Number of Penalty Records: 15
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Bayer$2,185,833,33311
Kyocera$366,250,0001
Eastman Chemical$83,333,3332

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Monsanto CompanyBayerchemicalsPCB violation2022OR-AG$698,000,000
Monsanto CompanyBayerchemicalsPCB violation2022private lawsuit-federal$537,500,000
Monsanto Co.BayerchemicalsPCB violation2003private lawsuit-federal$390,000,000
AVX Corp.Kyoceraelectrical and electronic equipmentPCB violation2013MA-AG$366,250,000
Monsanto CompanyBayerchemicalsPCB violation2024WA-SCA$160,000,000
Monsanto Co. et al.BayerchemicalsPCB violation2020WA-AG$95,000,000
Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLCBayerchemicalsPCB violation2022OH-AG$80,000,000
Monsanto Co.BayerchemicalsPCB violation2023VA-AG$80,000,000
Monsanto Co.BayerchemicalsPCB violation2020DC-AG$52,000,000
Solutia Inc.Eastman ChemicalchemicalsPCB violation2003private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Monsanto CompanyBayerchemicalswater pollution violation2024CA-LACA$35,000,000
MonsantoBayerchemicalsPCB violation2023PA-ENV$33,333,333
Solutia INCEastman ChemicalchemicalsPCB violation2023PA-ENV$33,333,333
Pharmacia LLC PCB violation2023PA-ENV$33,333,333
Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLCBayerchemicalsPCB violation2022NH-AG$25,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.