A Missouri company that illegally stored toxic waste near St. Louis has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay restitution of $1.5 million.
The case concerns 9 million pounds of hazardous waste rife with heavy metals, including cadmium, chromium, and lead, that has been shuttled between two states, involved numerous companies, and sparked legal cases stretching back more than a decade.
The company, Missouri Green Materials LLC, and its owners pleaded guilty in November 2018 to conspiracy in connection with the storage of the hazardous waste at a warehouse in Franklin County, Mo.
The toxic ...
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