3 May 2010, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - Today reports were that Wal-Mart stores, currently also facing numerous other lawsuits across the country for sex discrimination, violation of labor and antitrust laws, as well as crimes against humanity, settled for a multi-million dollar penalty with environmental regulators for illegal storage and dumping of hazardous waste at 234 stores in California.
The cost of cleaning up hazardous waste from one 55-gallon drum that reaches the water table can cost over one million dollars and take over one hundred years. Wal-Mart is expected to recover penalty costs by further cutting employee "benefits", to the extent that any exist, and by continuing to sell unadvertised items at above-market prices after driving local retail stores out of business.
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The cost of cleaning up hazardous waste from one 55-gallon drum that reaches the water table can cost over one million dollars and take over one hundred years. Wal-Mart is expected to recover penalty costs by further cutting employee "benefits", to the extent that any exist, and by continuing to sell unadvertised items at above-market prices after driving local retail stores out of business.
Copyright 2010 Big M and Little L, All World Rights Expressly Reserved
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