Cargill to pay second big fine after waste spill

Thursday, September 26, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Cargill Inc. must pay more than $286,000 to the state for dumping hog waste into a river that killed more than 50,000 fish, Attorney General Jay Nixon said Wednesday.

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