MAP: Missouri communities receiving atrazine payments

February 2, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST

Eighty nine Missouri communities participated in a class action lawsuit against Syngenta AG, the maker of weed-killing chemical atrazine. Atrazine has been found to cause serious health problems.

The company agreed to pay $105 million to settle the lawsuit.

The map shows the location of those communities the plaintiffs’ law firm, Korein Tillery, shared with the Missourian.