HONOLULU (AP) — The Monsanto Company pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally using and storing agricultural chemicals in Hawaii, and will pay $12 million in fines. Monsanto, now owned by German pharmaceutical company Bayer, agreed to plead guilty to the charges in December.
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- Monsanto says in court papers, filed Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing pesticides in Hawaii and will pay $12 million in fines.
- Monsanto says in court papers, filed Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing pesticides in Hawaii and will pay $12 million in fines.
- (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP, File)HONOLULU (AP) — The Monsanto Company pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally using and storing agricultural chemicals in Hawaii, and will pay $12 million in fines.
- Monsanto, now owned by German pharmaceutical company Bayer, agreed to plead guilty to the charges in December.
- Monsanto was charged with 30 environmental crimes after allowing workers to go into corn fields on Oahu in 2020 after a product named Forfeit 280 was sprayed.