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1993 Monsanto PCB Settlement Records Surface in Anniston

8/18/2026

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Story summary

Michael Sheen travels to Anniston, Alabama, to investigate PCB contamination in a series based on the Buried podcast.
He meets attorney Donald Stewart, who secured a $300 million 1993 settlement against Monsanto and shows 1949 memos confirming the firm knew PCBs were hazardous.
An Anniston paediatrician reports children born without eyes or with intestines while Welsh councillors Jan and Jan recall night lorries dropping a jelly-like residue that killed dogs.

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Story summary

Michael Sheen travels to Anniston, Alabama, to investigate PCB contamination in a series based on the Buried podcast.
He meets attorney Donald Stewart, who secured a $300 million 1993 settlement against Monsanto and shows 1949 memos confirming the firm knew PCBs were hazardous.
An Anniston paediatrician reports children born without eyes or with intestines while Welsh councillors Jan and Jan recall night lorries dropping a jelly-like residue that killed dogs.