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Do we know enough about the health risks of new semiconductor factories?
They’re calling for thorough environmental reviews of semiconductor factories.
“We also want to see workers empowered in the facilities, not just to know what they’re working with, but to have a voice in health and safety protocols, to have the right to stop production if things are dangerous,” says Judith Barish, coalition director for CHIPS Communities United. OSHA says on its website that its exposure limits “ are outdated and inadequate for ensuring protection of worker health.” Attempts to update them have repeatedly faced quick backlash from industry leaders and lawmakers with a deregulatory agenda. The comments CHIPS Communities United sent to the Department of Commerce for plants being built by Intel, Micron, and TSMC cover a range of issues, including climate change and air quality, hazardous substances and waste, and the cumulative effects of building multiple manufacturing facilities near each other.
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