Cancer Cluster Detected in Scottish High-Tech Workers Says Wall Street Journal,
Dangerous implications for U.S. workers
Community and Labor Leaders from more than 20 Countries Blast National Semiconductor Health Record
October 5, 1998
Wall Street Journal
reports on women workers at National Semiconductor in Scotland who
had contracted breast, uterine and cervical cancer. Other recent media
reports by the BBC Frontline and NBC
Dateline have also linked the health of
workers in electronics manufacturing plants to their chemical
exposure. In addition, an article in the Washington Post on
Sept. 18 provided further evidence of growing concerns about
health risks for women working in the semiconductor industry.
Global
Semiconductor Health Hazards Exposed (I-CRT Press release)
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