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06.22.06

Merck’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

Un-fucking-believable. Via Philadelphia Will Do:

The Environmental Protection Agency identified a Merck and Co. Inc. research facility in suburban Philadelphia as the source of a cyanide-related discharge that killed more than 1,000 fish in the Wissahickon Creek last week.

According to officials in EPA’s mid-Atlantic region, a representative from Merck notified the EPA Tuesday that about 25 gallons of potassium thiocyanate was released into the sewer system on June 13 from a vaccine research pilot plant in West Point, Pa.

Merck spokeswoman Connie Wickersham said the discharge was not in keeping with company’s policies governing the disposal of chemicals.

Ya think?

I would write more, but I’m kind of foaming at the mouth over this.

I’m not even angry; the foam’s just a by-product of the CYANIDE IN THE LOCAL WATER!

Previously:
We’re All Going to Die
The Clean Party

Secrets of the Universe Revealed

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