So freaking lame. Corporate welfare knows no bounds. On Jul 9, 2014 4:18 PM, "Darryl McMahon" <dar...@econogics.com> wrote:
> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/08/wv-chemical-company-fined-11000-for- > poisoning-300000-peoples-drinking-water/ > > [Perhaps I have too high an opinion of myself, but I would like to think > that if someone poisoned my drinking water, the value assigned to the > punishment would be more than 4 cents. > > video and links in on-line article] > > WV chemical company fined $11,000 for poisoning 300,000 people's drinking > water > By David Edwards > Tuesday, July 8, 2014 14:06 EDT > > The federal government announced this month that a West Virginia chemical > company would be fined $11,000 for a spill earlier this year that poisoned > the drinking water for 300,000 people in the state. > > According to a citation document obtained by The Charleston Gazette, the > Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hit Freedom Industries > with a $7,000 fine for keeping chemicals in diked areas that were not > "liquid tight." > > The administration fined Freedom an addition $4,000 for not providing > employees with a proper hand railing to walk over the storage dikes. > > About 300,000 people were left without drinking water when coal cleaning > chemicals leaked on Jan. 9. A recent survey found that one in five people > reported health issues after the chemical spill. > > The Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research > estimated in February that the spill would cost businesses $61 million. > > Freedom Industries, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, has not > said whether it would appeal the fines. > > Watch the video below from Russia Today, broadcast June 24, 2014. > _______________________________________________ > Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list > Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org > http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > _______________________________________________ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
