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Article: Dioxin Lawsuits Head Back to Putnam
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- The State Journal
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- November 11, 2005
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Two lawsuits that accuse Monsanto Co. and its affiliates of contaminating the Nitro area with the chemical dioxin now are headed back to Putnam County Circuit Court.
Judge Robert C. Chambers of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled Nov. 2 that the two related lawsuits should be litigated in state rather than federal court.
The two class-action lawsuits accuse Monsanto and its affiliates of contaminating the water and air with dioxin, a toxic chemical byproduct in the manufacture of Agent Orange, 2,4,5trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, which Monsanto manufactured until 1965.
Plaintiffs' attorney Stuart Calwell said one lawsuit against Monsanto, which he called ...