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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
Current Parent Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Penalty: $2,402,793
Year: 2013
Date: March 14, 2013
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $2.24 million civil penalty, plus payments for natural resource damage, pollution fees and costs, in settlement of allegations it violated pollution laws with its waste management practices and operations, and a 22 mile long fluorescent green discharge into the Salt River. The settlement was also announced by the Justice Department; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Missouri Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Missouri
Facility City: Mexico
HQ Country of Current Parent: Israel
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: Settlement was jointly lodged with the EPA, press release did not note if a portion of settlement payment went to the United States.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.