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By Owen Kingsley, October 1, 2021
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - More than 30 years of mercury pollution in the Penobscot River led to more than 20 years of legal battles deciding how to fix it.
A resolution is finally here.
Friday in federal court in Bangor, a fairness hearing began to hammer out the details of a proposed settlement the Maine People’s Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council worked out with Mallinckrodt.
The settlement comes after ongoing lawsuits against the company to pay for decades of mercury pollution from the HoltraChem plant in Orrington, which at one time was owned by Mallinkrodt.