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In this article from the Dec. 15 Corrales Comment about Patrick Callahan, the third Intel whistle-blower, he tells of repeated disregard for safety procedures at Intel, and the mistreatment of employees who try to follow the proper procedures.

Note Mr. Callahan's summary in the final paragraph, in which he says:
"Intel's public relations people come out and say they're deeply concerned about the community. But if they're not concerned about exposing their own employees, I don't think they're deeply concerned about the community".

Fred Marsh
Corrales Residents for Clean Air & Water
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The third former Intel employee whistleblower to speak out publicly about the company’s toxic chemical usage believes such factories shouldn’t be allowed near residential areas.

In an interview following his remarks November 7 to officials with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Patrick Callahan said, “I’m deeply concerned about the community. We shouldn’t have chemical factories next to our schools and neighborhoods, but I’m more concerned about the workers themselves.”

Callahan, who worked for Intel for 18 years, eventually as a senior technician and manufacturing safety specialist, called for a thorough review of presumed safe levels of exposure to industrial chemicals.

Callahan said his own exposures to toxic chemicals at Intel caused chronic liver damage. “The bottom line is, whoever is in charge of determining what level of chemicals is safe needs to go back and re-visit all of that. Most of that data was set in the Sixties, and the industry has changed.

“As far as putting computer chip factories next to schools and in residential neighborhoods, that’s just ridiculous. That needs to change.

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Labels: Envirionmental Justice, Intel