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Do we know enough about the health risks of new semiconductor factories?
“These are huge projects, and they will have an environmental impact. The draft environmental assessments make assumptions about what is going to be done to mitigate those impacts, but there’s no guarantee that those mitigations will be carried out,” Lenny Siegel says.
August 19, 2024
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After combing through research and speaking with semiconductor manufacturing workers at multiple facilities, we found that the industry is plagued with low pay, limited avenues for advancement, grueling schedules and exposure to dangerous toxic chemicals.
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“These toxic chemicals build up in the environment, so any release should be prevented,” said Lenny Siegel. “Manufacturers introduce new PFAS compounds faster than they can be studied, but as far as we know, all of them are hazardous.”