I am writing concerning the article about the “Woman charged with mishandling waste” (Aug. 7). Even though the contents were based on “court records,” the story twisted the contents of those pages.

The Sun Journal did not call to check the facts, and took interpretative license with information provided by the state Department of Justice.

I went to work for Miller Industries in 1989. I worked at the Farnsworth Mill in Lisbon Center until weaving was moved to the Worumbo Mill at Lisbon Falls.

Unlike other textile mills, Miller Industries has never dumped or disposed of any chemicals except through licensed contractors. Herbert Miller has cleaned up more mill sites with his own money than any other mill owner in Maine because he believes in committing to the communities in which he worked. Most of his cleanup was of waste his mills did not produce.

The newspaper’s use of the words corrosive, flammable and toxic was arbitrary. Read about house cleaning, painting or laundry, and the same words are found. They only serve to inflame the public.

The Sun Journal practiced tabloid journalism. Just because the government says so doesn’t mean it’s true. I pleaded guilty not because I did anything wrong, but because after a five-year witchhunt by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency, I wanted this nightmare to end.

It caused a great deal of stress for me, my husband and my children. Shame on you.

Jo Miller, San Francisco