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.