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Mobil Settles Hefty Issue: It agreed to pay California and five other states $150,000 to settle charges that it made misleading claims to consumers about the degradability of the company’s Hefty trash bags. The settlement ended nearly a year of legal wrangling. The nation’s second-largest oil company did not admit its claims were misleading, but agreed to halt the assertions that its plastic bags disintegrate when exposed to the elements.
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