SoCal medical lab charged with dumping flammable liquids
Tuesday February 04, 2003LOS ANGELES (AP) The city attorney's office charged a medical testing laboratory Tuesday with dumping flammable liquids into the sewer system.
A nine-count complaint was filed against San Fernando Valley-based Unilab Corp. alleging it dumped alcohol solutions into the laboratory's sinks at the end of each shift, said City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo.
``Companies that illegally dump waste of any kind will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,'' Delgadillo said. He said no fires were caused by the dumping.
The complaint also named Unilab's vice president of lab operations, Robert Moverly, and cytology preparation unit night shift supervisor Johnson Okunnuga. Arraignment was set for March 13.
A message left after business hours Tuesday at Unilab headquarters was not immediately returned.
Unilab, which recently merged with Quest Diagnostics, reported $390 million in revenue in 2001, Delgadillo said.
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