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Framingham toxic waste facility to close

Worry raised over site

By John Dyer

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 03, 2012

The General Chemical Corp. in Framingham is planning to close down next month, a move that surprised town officials who have raised concerns about pollution at the hazardous waste transfer facility and neighbors who have been calling for it to be shut down. In a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection, General Chemical President Michael Persico said the company would stop accepting hazardous waste at the end of the month and begin shuttering the company on April 16.

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