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Mushrooms and Mercuries

Cases of Noncompliance

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Environmental Law and American Business

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James and Guido Frezzo are mushroom farmers in Avondale, Pennsylvania. They inherited this business from their father, who began it in the 1930s after he decided to give up quarrying in western Pennsylvania. Since then all family members have been mushroom farmers or have been married to mushroom farmers.

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    Joseph F. DiMento

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DiMento, J.F. (1986). Mushrooms and Mercuries. In: Environmental Law and American Business. Environment, Development, and Public Policy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0565-9_1

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