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EPA: GEO Group Used Pesticide as COVID Disinfectant Inside Immigration Jail

HeadlineMar 25, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency has faulted the private prison company GEO Group for using a pesticide as a coronavirus disinfectant up to 50 times a day at the Adelanto Detention Center in California. Immigrant prisoners reported nosebleeds, fainting, headaches and stomach pain after being exposed to the pesticide.

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