The owner of a Maryland workshop that extracted mercury from burned-out fluorescent bulbs and ostensibly sealed the toxic material in containers for disposal pleaded guilty Jan. 18 to 10 charges under the state's hazardous waste law (Maryland v. Smith, Md. Cir. Ct, No. 02K11002469, plea entered 1/18/12. Glen W. Smith, owner of now-closed USA Lights, BeltsviHe, Md., pleaded guilty in the Maryland Circuit Court in Anne Arundel County to 10 felony violations of hazardous waste provisions of the state environmental statute (Code Section 7-265) Announcing the pleadings, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) said that under Smith's management, "mercury was improperly handled, stored, and discarded, posing a serious health threat to the warehouse workers and the environment."
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机译：马里兰州一家车间的所有者从燃烧的荧光灯中提取汞，表面上将有毒物质密封在容器中以进行处置，根据该州的危险废物法（Maryland诉Smith，Md。Cir。Ct），他于1月18日对10项罪名成立诉状（02K11002469）进入1/18/12，现关闭的美国Lights公司所有者Glen W. Smith在马里兰州安特阿伦德尔县的马里兰巡回法院认罪10项重罪，违反了危险废物规定州环境法规（法规第7-265条）宣布诉状时，马里兰州检察长道格·甘斯勒（D）表示，在史密斯的管理下，“汞的处理，存储和丢弃方式不当，对仓库工人构成了严重的健康威胁和环境。”
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