International Paint fined after banned chemical entered estuary
International Paint has been fined £650,000 for polluting the Yealm estuary in Devon. The firm is paying for remediation work
Source: pbo.co.uk
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International Paint has been fined £650,000 for polluting the Yealm estuary in Devon. The firm is paying for remediation work
International Paint was fined $795,000 when a hazardous, illegal chemical leaked into a southwest England river from its holding tank.
One sample taken close to the plant contained 80,000 times the safe level of banned substance TBT
The company was found guilty despite denying charges that a banned chemical got into the Yealm estuary in Devon from its paint testing facility near Plymouth.