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IP merging with Pearl River polluter

   September 7, 2011

The business page of the daily newspaper has an AP article on International Paper merging with Temple Inland, No. 3 corrugated packaging maker in the world.

Temple Inland is being investigated for a discharge of “black liquor” into Pearl River neat Bogalusa, Louisiana. The incident occurred on Aug. 8 when Temple-Inland allegedly discharged into the Pearl River as much as 100 times the amount of chemicals described as black liquor than it was authorized to discharge. The discharge killed fish and contaminated the Pearl River, its tributaries, including Lake Pontchartrain.

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