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Two workers hurt in acid spill at Fremont chip-cleaning facility
Two men are hospitalized today following an early morning acid leak at a Fremont semiconductor-industry supply company that prompted the response of hazardous materials crews, the Fremont Fire Department reported. Two employees of a private janitorial firm who were cleaning offices at the Metron Technology building, located at 44050 Fremont Blvd., discovered the leak at […]
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Report of toxic spill at Phillips plant not needed
Managers at the East Fish-kill Phillips Semiconductors plant did not have to report the release of a fluoride chemical last month, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. That’s because the company said only a “baseball-size clump” of the chemical ammonium fluorosilicate had been released into the air. The DEC does not require companies to […]
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Powdery chemical covers cars in East Fishkill
HOPEWELL JUNCTION — A baseball-sized clump of a potentially dangerous chemical was released last month at a local manufacturing plant, worrying employees whose cars were covered by the chemical. The “spill” happened on July 7 at the East Fishkill IBM and Philips Semiconductor campus, according to internal documents from IBM and Philips. About 80 cars […]
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Legacy of pain
Donald F. Metzen looks back with anger when thinking about his career, remembering all the chemicals he says he watched his company dump into Two Mile Creek. For years, he suspected those chemicals caused his wife’s death and his ailments. Today, he suspects the wastes from the defunct telephone equipment manufacturing company, Western Electric, also […]
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EPA Cites West Chicago Sewage Treatment Plant and Industrial Dischargers
CHICAGO – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 has recently cited the West Chicago, Ill., wastewater treatment plant for exceeding the limits of its wastewater treatment permit and inadequately monitoring wastewater discharged to the plant from industries. Industrial users include Electronic Support Systems, L.P.; Mapei Corp.; Northwestern Flavors, Inc.; Wincup; General Mills Operations, Inc.; […]
United States, Illinois Electronics Industry
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