after Pleading Guilty to Multiple Violations that Harm People and Environment of the State, Advocates Say Monsanto has pleaded guilty to multiple environmental crimes in Hawai?i for the second time in less than four years, and the island communities are left asking “when is enough enough?”
In the most recent case, Monsanto will plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes in Hawai?i, related to pesticide use violations and putting field workers at risk. In both cases they admit that they knowingly violated pesticide law and put field workers in harm?s way. They will pay a $12 million fine this time, bringing their criminal fines and “community service payments” to a total of $22 million since 2019.