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Owner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury

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Robert Peyser , 66 , of Bellmore on Long Island , gets probation for exposing workers to mercury.

He and his company, Kessler Thermometer Corp. , had earlier pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment.

The charges stemmed from an Aug. 29, 2022 , mercury spill at Kessler 's facility in West Babylon .

Four workers were diagnosed with mercury poisoning in the weeks that followed, prosecutors said.

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