How did Monsanto become one of the strongest industrial empires on the planet? By recording in its history the large-scale production of some of the most dangerous products of modern times: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are used as refrigerants and lubricants, are devastating to human health and the food chain and were banned after a mass pollution was identified; and dioxin, of which just a few grams are enough to poison a large city.

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