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The firm allegedly misused pesticides at its research facility
Jump to full article: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 2008-09-30
Author: Tom Finnegan
Intro: The federal Environmental Protection Agency fined Vector Tobacco Inc. $65,040 for allegedly misusing six pesticides and then failing to keep workers from getting sick, the EPA announced yesterday.
Vector Tobacco, a subsidiary of Vector Tobacco Group of Durham, N.C., has since moved out of the state, agricultural officials added.
The company allegedly misused pesticides 93 times by failing to follow label directions at its research facility in Kekaha in 2005 and 2006, according to the EPA.
However, "Vector Tobacco cooperated and received a settlement with the EPA without admitting the EPA's allegations," said company spokesman Jonathan Doorley.
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