A U.S. jury on Wednesday ordered Bayer AG to pay $62 million to students and others who say they were exposed to toxic chemicals made by the company’s predecessor, Monsanto Co, in a school building in Washington state. The verdict was the second against Bayer over polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington. A trial involving three teachers ended in a $185 million verdict in July, including $135 million in punitive damages, which Bayer is appealing. Bayer said it would challenge the verdict through post-trial motions, and that “undisputed evidence in this case does not support the conclusions that plaintiffs were exposed to unsafe levels of PCBs” at the school. Nearly 200 people, including students, parents, and staff, have sued Bayer over the alleged contamination resulting from exposure to PCBs found in fluorescent light ballasts at Sky Valley, and 19 more trials are scheduled. …