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Tiller Corp. Gets $85,000 Frac-Sand Fine in Minn.

The fine was for a long list of violations, including emitting unsafe levels of toxic dust, and was issued a year after the initial violation.

By Zahra Hirji

40% of Wisc. Frac Sand Industry Violated Rules

By Zahra Hirji

New Answers About Frac Sand and Dust

By Zahra Hirji

Frac Sand Boom: South Dakota Seeks to Cash In

By Zahra Hirji

Frac Sand Pollution: Minnesota Town Wants Answers

By Zahra Hirji

Demonstrators protest against the frac sand industry in Winona on April 29, 2013

Minn. Draws Line in the Frac Sand Boom

By Zahra Hirji

A sand mining facility in Grantsburg, Wisc.

'Frac Sand' Boom: Health Hazard Feared

By Zahra Hirji

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