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People get strange symptoms all the time. I currently have a chronic scalp condition that doctors haven’t really identified and a really stiff neck. Of course I’m going to go ‘aha!’ If someone gives me a plausible explanation
Psoriasis and computer neck?
The author of this has been on a crusade against Apple for years, stemming from an incident that was probably hypochondria. They've outright lied about multiple incidents (see https://twitter.com/shantinix/status/1433297575914971136 ), and I would very strongly doubt any new claims made. For example, a spot check of one of the claims has them currently saying "Still, Gjovik’s limited testing returned results showing…
The EPA ruling against Apple casts doubt on your ad hominem accusations.
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They don't do chip fabrication there, they make device screens: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2018/03/19/apple-secretly-deve...
Page 22 indicates there is some sort of semiconductor process at the facility: > "EPA observed that the sign posted on Solvent Tool 8-113 (B(4)) in Apple’s B(4) Area needs to be updated to remove the chemical “B(4)” from the posted sign, which according to Apple is no longer being used in the facility’s semiconductor process."
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Isn'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…
She invented the idea that they are making semiconductors there. They make device screens: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2018/03/19/apple-secretly-deve...
I wonder why this post was flagged.
Can anyone find the OP on epa.gov? That would be preferable to a dropbox.com link. We merged half a dozen of these threads. Related URLs follow. If there are others, let me know here and I can add them. https://twitter.com/ashleygjovik/status/1805006150410162322 and https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1805006150410162322.html https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232/ https://www.ashleygjovik.com/3250sc…
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The problem is that the EPA report doesn't say what she says it does. 1. Apple doesn't do chip fab at Scott Blvd. They did R&D for Titan and microLED screens and were part of the layoffs in April. 2. The EPA says that they didn't have permits WITH THE EPA, but were permitted with California and Santa Clara County/City. 3. She says the carbon filters weren't changed, not the EPA. 4. She says Apple said materials weren…
Why are you so keen to whitewash potential mishandling of dangerous chemicals and poisoning of the public? You do not appear to have any more understanding of the situation that a layman. Your points to do not sound convincing and do not engage with the issue at all. > How is it this woman was nearly killed, while the employees who WORK in the building are perfectly healthy This is quite ignorant of how this actually…
Perfectly healthy? I doubt that. There were several casualties at least ans probably many more with long term problems.
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all of the findings are mundane
I do not think that can be so confidently asserted entirely one way or another with the information we have now, unless we have in our midst someone who is an expert in reading EPA reports.
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I don't know anything about this... I'm curious how small could the monitoring station be. Could it be something that could be mobile, like in a trailer or cargo container format, and dropped off at a site temporarily and moved.
Yes, there are vehicle and even aircraft-mounted options but typically a comprehensive station would be the size of a decently large shed / medium hauling trailer. Here you can browse a set of photographs[0] of one of the rare "comprehensive" air pollution monitoring stations in Texas. 0: https://www17.tceq.texas.gov/tamis/index.cfm?fuseaction=repo...
https://syft.com/industries/environmental/mobile-monitoring/
third-party press release:
https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=23241#
Not affiliated, but I did tour their mobile demo van when it was in the US.
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Yes, there are vehicle and even aircraft-mounted options but typically a comprehensive station would be the size of a decently large shed / medium hauling trailer. Here you can browse a set of photographs[0] of one of the rare "comprehensive" air pollution monitoring stations in Texas. 0: https://www17.tceq.texas.gov/tamis/index.cfm?fuseaction=repo...
Syft is an emerging instrument company that has a powerful single-instrument solution that covers a lot of bases: https://syft.com/industries/environmental/mobile-monitoring/ third-party press release: https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=23241# Not affiliated, but I did tour their mobile demo van when it was in the US.