Chemical group DSM fined for US pollution
Monday 08 February 2010
Chemicals company DSM's North American arm has been fined $800,000 for under-reporting toxic releases of the chemical cyclohexene between 2003 to 2006 at its Augusta, Georgia plant.
The company has also agreed to undertake three 'environmental improvement projects' and invest $1.2m on new pollution control equipment, according to local press reports. .
The agreement, reached with Georgia's pollution authorities, does not include any admission of liability.
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It's like Bhopal, only more stealthy and it probably is happening in more places than we realize. No liability is a crime.
By AW | February 8, 2010 9:16 AM