Update: Dentist pleads to dumping medical waste

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Thomas McFarland of Wynnwood, PA, received four years of probation and paid the Borough of Avalon $100,000 to compensate for the cleanup costs from the August 2008 dumping of medical waste into southern New Jersey inlet. He previously pleaded guilty in March to unlawful discharge of water pollutants.

A day after the dumping the dental waste it started washing up on theĀ  beach at the north end of Avalon. The waste included approximately 260 dental hypodermic needles, 180 cotton swabs, and numerous blue and white plastic capsules used to hold dental filling material.

Avalon officials recovered a wrapped dental drill bit bearing a lot number that eventually was traced to McFarland’s practice. On Sept. 2, 2008, McFarland went to the Avalon Police Department and admitted dumping the waste.

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