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I think not because all the concentrations were pretty low. The problem that Ashley faced was that she was exposed 24/7. But to me it looks like almost all of t
by fxtentacle 2y ago
I think not because all the concentrations were pretty low. The problem that Ashley faced was that she was exposed 24/7. But to me it looks like almost all of the gas concentrations would have been considered an A-OK working environment for up to 8 hours of exposure.
And while it's not wrong that fluorine is a lethal gas, it is heavily used in many industries and in medicine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine#Inorganic_fluorides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine#Inorganic_fluorides
Her documentation shows a careless attitude on Apple's side. And there are enough independent parties documenting accidents that she can sue and win. But overall, this doesn't look worse to me than how many other industrial companies operate.
- disillusioned 2y agoIsn't a bigger factor here, in addition to their careless attitude, the fact that they've started manufacturing semiconductors on land specifically only zoned for light industrial use, when, at least per her article, fabricating semiconductors is work that is required to be zoned heavy industrial? The issue being, of course, the proximity of residential to a "light industrial" vs. "heavy industrial" plot sure changes things for the people moving into those residences...
- infecto 2y agoI would be surprised if they are not operating within the correct zoning but you never know. I think the bigger untouched issue is this is already contaminated land. Unclear if it’s apple or the residential built on top of contamination. These cleanups seem to almost never work well.
- osnium123 2y agoThat part of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara used to have many silicon fabs in the 1980s and 1990s before they all shut down.
- amelius 2y agoPeople did many things in the past that are now not OK.
- ClumsyPilot 2y ago> they've started manufacturing semiconductors on land specifically only zoned for light industrial use This looks strange indeed, I thought light industry is like bicycle repair and large bakeries, definitely wouldn’t expect a chemical plant
- PROgrammerTHREE 2y agoThey make display screens there, not semiconductors.
- ant6n 2y agoIt’s like something out of some old Batman film: „we‘ll put the poison factory right in the middle of Gotham city!“
- PROgrammerTHREE 2y agoShe invented the idea that they are making semiconductors there. They make device screens: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2018/03/19/apple-secretly-developing-screens-in-unmarked-santa-clara-facility-report/ https://www.siliconvalley.com/2018/03/19/apple-secretly-deve...
- fxtentacle 2y ago"LCDs are manufactured in cleanrooms borrowing techniques from semiconductor manufacturing"
- PROgrammerTHREE 2y ago> The problem that Ashley faced was that she was exposed 24/7. She never faced to industrial chemical exposure, let alone 24/7. She didn't work in that building. She worked as a program manager for a software engineering team in an office building in Sunnyvale.