Owner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury

The owner of a New York thermometer factory has been sentenced to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of mercury

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Owner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury

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