Company and director prosecuted for mercury exposure

A Glasgow-registered recycling company and a director have been fined a total of £145,000 for exposing workers to toxic mercury fumes at a site in West Yorkshire.

Twenty employees had levels of mercury in their system above UK guidance levels, and five of them showed extremely high levels following the exposure between October 2007 and August 2008. Electrical Waste Recycling Group Ltd (EWR), formerly known as Matrix Direct Recycle Ltd, recycles electrical equipment, including fluoresce... (322 more words)

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