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Pa. Dentist Charged With Dumping Waste
Medical Supplies Washed Up On NJ Beaches
POSTED: 3:23 pm EDT September 5,
2008
UPDATED: 3:46 pm EDT September 5,
2008
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania dentist is charged with dumping needles, gauze pads and other medical waste from his dental office.His practice is in Wynnewood just outside Philadelphia.Thomas McFarland admitted to taking his motorboat to Townsend inlet near Avalon to dump the used medical supplies two weeks ago, police said.
They washed up on Avalon beaches and on the beach at nearby Ocean City, N.J.The dentist has been licensed in Pennsylvania for more than 30 years.He faces up to five years in jail.
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