Chemical firm fined £40,000 for toxic chlorine gas cloud

Dairy and farm hygiene chemical manufacture GEA Farm Technologies has been fined £40,000 after a large cloud of toxic chlorine was released into its factory in Wiltshire putting workers at risk.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Chemical firm fined £40,000 for toxic chlorine gas cloud

Dairy and farm hygiene chemical manufacture GEA Farm Technologies has been fined 40,000 after a large cloud of toxic chlorine was released into its factory in Wiltshire putting workers at risk. The...

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