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Reducing PFAS use, increasing semiconductor production, at odds
Efforts to reduce or eliminate use of toxic, manmade “forever chemicals” are running contrary to efforts by Ohio and local officials to court an industry that is a major user: semiconductor chip manufacturers.
December 27, 2023
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Sometimes David Wins
A Q&A with the head of CHIPS Communities United, a national coalition monitoring the rollout of a CHIPS Act-era landscape … including a rezoning fight now playing in West Lafayette
February 19, 2025
The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it
The US wants to bring back domestic chipmaking. But America’s first generation of Silicon Valley factory workers endured unsafe manufacturing conditions and never got answers about kids born with birth defects.
January 30, 2025
Environmental group raises concerns about Intel chip manufacturing
"A semiconductor factory is also a chemical factory. It uses hundreds of chemicals, many of them not publicly disclosed and not tested for safety." Chips Communities United, a coalition of union organizations and environmental groups, raises concerns about the impact of semiconductor plants on workers and nearby communities.