According to EPA Region 7, an inspection at the company’s warehouse noted several hazardous waste violations, including: Storage of waste pharmaceuticals, including hazardous wastes, without a proper permit; Unpermitted treatment of hazardous wastes, including allowing the evaporation of solvents from contaminated rags, and the crushing of mercury-containing lamps into a drum, which exposed employees to hazardous solvent fumes and mercury vapors; Shipment of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to… [read post]