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March 20, 2014

NY coke plant fined $12.5 million for polluting

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An industrial plant that knowingly released hundreds of tons of the carcinogen benzene into the air over a five-year span and improperly handled hazardous sludge on

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