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Any info on what Superfund site Apple is built on?

khuey 5y ago
Probably this one https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0901325 https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0...
- JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
  https://disasterarea.home.blog/2019/07/12/apple-headquarters-on-the-intersil-dtkm-sl720641214-epa-superfund-site-daycare-banned/ https://disasterarea.home.blog/2019/07/12/apple-headquarters... Interesting. Trichloroethene.
  - khuey 5y ago
    TCE contamination of former semiconductor manufacturing sites in Silicon Valley is extremely common.
diskzero 5y ago
It is no secret. The Infinite Loop campus and the new campus are both on superfund sites. There are signs posted in the lobby ways exiting to the parking lots outside and to the inner campus. I think people are so numbed by seeing Prop 65 warnings on everything, the signs may not even register. We were told the IL campus was a superfund site during the first day of orientation. I have no idea if this is the case for the new campus. The whole area has numerous superfund sites, all which have buildings constructed on them.
- azinman2 5y ago
  I spoke to their environmental manager as I was concerned. They've done a lot for Apple Park, don't remember all the details, but it's fair to say they've spent a ton of money on it.
happymellon 5y ago
I have never heard of such a term, and assumed it was something to do with dodgy purchasing practices with a name like that. After reading that not only is massively polluted locations that have no plans to clean up common in the US, but also fair game to build upon, it brings up a whole new level of questioning corporate ethics.
- tatersolid 5y ago
  Wait until you find out they (re)built most modern European cities on top of known unexploded bomb sites.
  - tayistay 5y ago
    Given that I don’t see news about WWII bombs exploding in European cities recently, I suspect industrial pollution which emits VOCs, and severely contaminates the soil and groundwater, is a greater health risk.
    - sgerenser 5y ago
      Luckily they don’t explode very often, but they’re found on a regular basis: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210520-wwii-bomb-found-in-frankfurt-safely-detonated https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210520-wwii-bomb-fou...
  - dekhn 5y ago
    yes, but superfund sites affect your precious bodily fluids in a communist way.

Probably this one https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0901325 https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0...

JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
https://disasterarea.home.blog/2019/07/12/apple-headquarters-on-the-intersil-dtkm-sl720641214-epa-superfund-site-daycare-banned/ https://disasterarea.home.blog/2019/07/12/apple-headquarters... Interesting. Trichloroethene.
- khuey 5y ago
  TCE contamination of former semiconductor manufacturing sites in Silicon Valley is extremely common.

diskzero 5y ago

It is no secret. The Infinite Loop campus and the new campus are both on superfund sites. There are signs posted in the lobby ways exiting to the parking lots outside and to the inner campus. I think people are so numbed by seeing Prop 65 warnings on everything, the signs may not even register. We were told the IL campus was a superfund site during the first day of orientation. I have no idea if this is the case for the new campus. The whole area has numerous superfund sites, all which have buildings constructed on them.

azinman2 5y ago
I spoke to their environmental manager as I was concerned. They've done a lot for Apple Park, don't remember all the details, but it's fair to say they've spent a ton of money on it.

happymellon 5y ago

I have never heard of such a term, and assumed it was something to do with dodgy purchasing practices with a name like that. After reading that not only is massively polluted locations that have no plans to clean up common in the US, but also fair game to build upon, it brings up a whole new level of questioning corporate ethics.

tatersolid 5y ago
Wait until you find out they (re)built most modern European cities on top of known unexploded bomb sites.
- tayistay 5y ago
  Given that I don’t see news about WWII bombs exploding in European cities recently, I suspect industrial pollution which emits VOCs, and severely contaminates the soil and groundwater, is a greater health risk.
  - sgerenser 5y ago
    Luckily they don’t explode very often, but they’re found on a regular basis: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210520-wwii-bomb-found-in-frankfurt-safely-detonated https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210520-wwii-bomb-fou...
- dekhn 5y ago
  yes, but superfund sites affect your precious bodily fluids in a communist way.