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Published online 21 December 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051219-12

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DuPont fined over safety data on Teflon chemical

Risks of possible carcinogen lead to largest ever fine.

Chemical titan DuPont will pay the largestever civil administrative penalty levied by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The fine - $10.

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