FILE - Container ships are docked at the Port of Seattle along the Duwamish River, Feb. 4, 2015, in Seattle. Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting the Lower Duwamish River with toxins that posed a threat to humans and wildlife, the city attorney's office said in a press release Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
FILE - Shipping containers line one side of the Duwamish River and barges with gravel line another, Sept. 28, 2011, in Seattle. Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting the Lower Duwamish River with toxins that posed a threat to humans and wildlife, the city attorney's office said in a press release Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)