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EPA fines Tacoma firm for selling products with outdated labels

A Tacoma company will pay $35,336 for selling wood-treatment products with outdated warning labels, according to a settlement announced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Published: March 1, 2013 at 2:48 a.m. PSTUpdated: March 1, 2013 at 2:51 a.m. PST
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A Tacoma company will pay $35,336 for selling wood-treatment products with outdated warning labels, according to a settlement announced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Read more : http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2013/02/28/tacoma-firm-settles-with-environmental-protection-agency-after-selling-wood-preservatives-with-outdated-labels/

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