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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 04:32 PM Jan 2022

Illnesses Rise At California Apple Facility Built On Superfund Site - The Ring of Fire

Via America’s Lawyer: A former project manager turned whistleblower reveals the toxic work conditions at Apple’s Sunnyvale office, which sits atop a mound of industrial waste.




Apple Wanted Her Fired. It Settled on an Absurd Excuse

https://gizmodo.com/apple-wanted-her-fired-it-settled-on-an-absurd-excuse-1847868789

Apple, which has its own history of poorly handling toxic waste in Sunnyvale, did not conduct adequate testing, according to Gjøvik, whose concerns about the noxious compound grew after she recalled having once fainted at work for reasons she could not at the time explain. She wanted to know why Apple hadn’t done more to keep employees abreast of the situation and asked to talk to a health and safety manager. Notes she recorded during the conversation, later shared with the EPA, stated: “Apple decided no legal requirement.”

I thought I was dying: My apartment was built on toxic waste
https://sfbayview.com/2021/03/i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apartment-was-built-on-toxic-waste/
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Illnesses Rise At California Apple Facility Built On Superfund Site - The Ring of Fire (Original Post) ItsjustMe Jan 2022 OP
I wonder what the toxicity of tattoo ink is. PoliticAverse Jan 2022 #1
Many Apple Fanboys Have Tattoos ItsjustMe Jan 2022 #3
The Bay Area has among the highest # of Superfund sites alittlelark Jan 2022 #2

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
2. The Bay Area has among the highest # of Superfund sites
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 04:52 PM
Jan 2022

I lived there for almost 30 years - once u learn what the surface plumbing of these sites look like u r shocked to see them EVERYWHERE. As time went on the surface plumbing became hidden.

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