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Occupational and Environmental Hazards in the Global electronics industry:  the Campaign in Silicon Valley ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Silicon Valley used to be known as the  “Valley of Heart’s Delight”
Transition from Valley of Hearts Delight to Silicon Valley ,[object Object],[object Object]
History of organizing for better conditions ,[object Object]
History of organizing for better conditions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
History of organizing for better conditions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
History of organizing for better conditions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Toxic Trouble in Silicon Valley Newsweek 1984
AMRC Handbook - 1985
The Reality of  High Tech Impact ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
New York Times –  November 10, 1984
Clean rooms and miscarriages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
IBM Corporate Mortality File http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626450/ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
IBM settles chemical suit January 23, 2001  Case involved microchip site workers' son ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Practice precaution: close the gap between environmental and workplace PELS 68 chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm are totally unregulated by Cal-OSHA or regulated only for non-cancer effects There is a huge disparity between workplace and environmental protections against carcinogens and developmental toxicants everywhere.
Workplace PELS (if any)  for carcinogens and developmental toxics are much weaker than environmental standards ,[object Object],[object Object]
Toxic Agent Best OCC STDD 8 hr. TWA Best Env. STDD NSRL or MCL Env. STDD converted to  8 hr. TWA Yield  in improved worker protection Benzene 1 part per million 7 ug/day 1 part per billion 1,000:1 TCE 25 ppm 80 ug/day 7 ppb 3,571:1 Perc 25 ppm 14 ug/day .3 ppb 8,333:1 Methylene Chloride 25 ppm 0.005 mg/L 1 ppb 25,000:1
The wake up call !!  The Fairchild Case -- Groundwater pollution in Silicon Valley poisons families
 
Right-To-Know Grows in 1982
TRI Releases for 2007 for Selected Electronics Companies Facility City State Total On-site Disposal or Other Releases Total Off-site Disposal or Other Releases Total On- and Off-site Disposal or Other Releases IBM CORP HOPEWELL JUNCTION NY  1074661 22249.4 1096911 SILTRONIC CORP. PORTLAND OR  635958 3.3 635961 SANYO SOLAR (USA)  LLC CARSON CA  8069 234714 242783 IBM CORP ESSEX JUNCTION VT  185718 2645.1034 188363 SONY ELECTRONICS INC. DOTHAN AL  74820 16891.52 91711 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC BOISE ID  88375 864.3 89239 PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING CO SAN JOSE CA  73231 0 73231 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC DALLAS TX  23652 44124.89 67776 DU PONT ELECTRONICS MICROCIRCU ITS INDUSTRIES LTD. MANATI PR  1428 34679.232 36107 INTEL CORP RIO RANCHO NM  18193 3589.9 21783
 
The footprint of high-tech development
Body Burden ( 1000+ Chemicals Used in Electronics Production)
 
Moore’s Law
Activists Chide Dell Computer Recycling
Apple Campaign
Inside an iPhone
Inside your iPhone
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
New Fab Construction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: SEMI
Electronics Supply Chain Research done by Sarah Boyd Unraveling the High-Tech Supply Chain                                                                                                                
High Tech manufacturing is global ,[object Object]
The scale is staggering Over 500,00 workers at Foxconn in China
Workers are on the move
Taiwan: Workers Link Cancer to RCA Plant by Matthew Yi, San Francisco Chronicle May 24th, 2002 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
RCA Workers in Taiwan
 
E-Waste Dumped in Guiyu, China
Women sorting wires to burn in China
Burning E-Waste in Guiyu, China
Woman breaking a CRT monitor in China
A Chinese child sits amongst a pile of wires and e-waste. Children can often be found dismantling e-waste containing many hazardous chemicals known to be potentially very damaging to children's health.
The Digital Dump   A new report on e-waste dumping in Africa by the Basel Action Network October 24, 2005
Global e-waste dumping
E-Waste and Clean Production Conference in Bejing – April 2004
Eco-Waste activists in Manila
Waste Not Asia in Kerala, 2007
International Campaign for Responsible Technology (ICRT)   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Consumer Education:  The Story of Electronics ,[object Object],[object Object]
Delegates to Vienna SAICM Meeting – March 2011
UN expert meeting charts the way forward on  hazardous chemicals in electronic products Historic meeting addresses entire lifecycle of electronics ,[object Object]
Key Recommendations from SAICM in Vienna ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Health-Based Exposure Limits ,[object Object]
Health Surveillance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs http://www.ipe.org.cn/ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ma Jun’s slide from IPE in China
Electronic Sustainability Commitment   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
For Further Information: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ted Smith ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Apnec 10 presentation in taipei nov 20 2011

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  • 2. Silicon Valley used to be known as the “Valley of Heart’s Delight”
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  • 8. Toxic Trouble in Silicon Valley Newsweek 1984
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  • 11. New York Times – November 10, 1984
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  • 15. Practice precaution: close the gap between environmental and workplace PELS 68 chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm are totally unregulated by Cal-OSHA or regulated only for non-cancer effects There is a huge disparity between workplace and environmental protections against carcinogens and developmental toxicants everywhere.
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  • 17. Toxic Agent Best OCC STDD 8 hr. TWA Best Env. STDD NSRL or MCL Env. STDD converted to 8 hr. TWA Yield in improved worker protection Benzene 1 part per million 7 ug/day 1 part per billion 1,000:1 TCE 25 ppm 80 ug/day 7 ppb 3,571:1 Perc 25 ppm 14 ug/day .3 ppb 8,333:1 Methylene Chloride 25 ppm 0.005 mg/L 1 ppb 25,000:1
  • 18. The wake up call !! The Fairchild Case -- Groundwater pollution in Silicon Valley poisons families
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  • 21. TRI Releases for 2007 for Selected Electronics Companies Facility City State Total On-site Disposal or Other Releases Total Off-site Disposal or Other Releases Total On- and Off-site Disposal or Other Releases IBM CORP HOPEWELL JUNCTION NY 1074661 22249.4 1096911 SILTRONIC CORP. PORTLAND OR 635958 3.3 635961 SANYO SOLAR (USA) LLC CARSON CA 8069 234714 242783 IBM CORP ESSEX JUNCTION VT 185718 2645.1034 188363 SONY ELECTRONICS INC. DOTHAN AL 74820 16891.52 91711 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC BOISE ID 88375 864.3 89239 PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING CO SAN JOSE CA 73231 0 73231 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC DALLAS TX 23652 44124.89 67776 DU PONT ELECTRONICS MICROCIRCU ITS INDUSTRIES LTD. MANATI PR 1428 34679.232 36107 INTEL CORP RIO RANCHO NM 18193 3589.9 21783
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  • 23. The footprint of high-tech development
  • 24. Body Burden ( 1000+ Chemicals Used in Electronics Production)
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  • 27. Activists Chide Dell Computer Recycling
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  • 33. Electronics Supply Chain Research done by Sarah Boyd Unraveling the High-Tech Supply Chain                                                                                                               
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  • 35. The scale is staggering Over 500,00 workers at Foxconn in China
  • 36. Workers are on the move
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  • 38. RCA Workers in Taiwan
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  • 40. E-Waste Dumped in Guiyu, China
  • 41. Women sorting wires to burn in China
  • 42. Burning E-Waste in Guiyu, China
  • 43. Woman breaking a CRT monitor in China
  • 44. A Chinese child sits amongst a pile of wires and e-waste. Children can often be found dismantling e-waste containing many hazardous chemicals known to be potentially very damaging to children's health.
  • 45. The Digital Dump A new report on e-waste dumping in Africa by the Basel Action Network October 24, 2005
  • 47. E-Waste and Clean Production Conference in Bejing – April 2004
  • 49. Waste Not Asia in Kerala, 2007
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  • 53. Delegates to Vienna SAICM Meeting – March 2011
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  • 60. Ma Jun’s slide from IPE in China
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