Watch Burlington, VT

You may remember that there was a significant write-up in EdWeek  back in October of the Burlington High School (VT)'s struggle with PCBs. 
As the article notes, this is but one example of a much larger issue.

There's a small update: the district has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto. As their lawyer notes:

“Despite knowing that PCBs were highly toxic to humans and animals, Monsanto manufactured and sold these toxic chemicals for decades and misled the public about the dangers posed by its products," said Matt Pawa, partner at Seeger Weiss LLP. "Because of Monsanto's deception, Burlington High School and Burlington Technical Center are contaminated with levels of PCBs significantly in excess of health and safety standards, rendering the buildings unusable and unsafe. We look forward to holding Monsanto accountable.”

It does not appear that the defendants are going to accept this sitting down:

“This lawsuit has no merit but hopefully it will shed light on the role of the state of Vermont, the Burlington School District and the manufacturers of the building products at issue in creating the perfect storm that resulted in unwarranted actions to abandon the school, move students to a converted Macy’s, cancel renovation plans and spend $165 million, more than twice the renovation cost, to build a new high school – actions that could have been avoided," Bayer said in a statement to WAMC.

Blaming the district in quite that way. Wow.