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2009
Subsidiary Illegally Dumps Hazardous Waste Across Provinces in Bozhou, Anhui
Zhejiang Puluo Debang Pharmaceutical, affiliated with Apeloa Pharmaceutical, entrusted hazardous waste to unqualified persons for disposal; 1,047 barrels of hazardous waste were illegally dumped across provinces in Guoyang and Lixin, Bozhou, Anhui. The Ministry of Environmental Protection notified the event; Zhejiang environmental authorities fined the company 250,000 yuan; the company paid 2.2 million yuan in pollution damages and disposal costs; responsible persons were sentenced for the crime of major environmental pollution accident. It became a typical cross-provincial dumping case notified by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.