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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Sunday: Above zero in most places with light snow or sleet. Light frost at night. Similar on Monday
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