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Scotts to pay $4.5M in fines
By Spencer Hunt
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday January 27, 2012 7:51 AM
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has agreed to plead guilty to charges in federal court and pay $4.5 m illion in fines in two incidents that date to 2008. That year, the company recalled packages of wild birdseed coated with pesticides that were toxic to birds. In a separate incident that year, federal officials discovered that the company was selling lawn and garden products with falsified U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pesticide registration numbers.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/01/27/scotts-to-pay-4-5m-in-fines.html
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