Helter-Skelter

[Anonymous]

The Hyundai supplier SMART Alabama LLC is facing scrutiny and backlash following a report from Reuters that several children, perhaps as young as 12, had been employed at the plant as recently as earlier this year.



Many first became suspicious of the hiring practices at SMART back in February when a young migrant girl from Guatemala, not yet 14 years old, went missing from her home in Enterprise, Alabama. During investigations into her disappearance, police discovered that she and her brothers, ages 12 and 15, had been working at the plant rather than attending school. Their father Pedro Tzi also confirmed to Reuters that his kids once worked at SMART.

[@realAzhyaAryola]

So the Pope came and went and gave his apology. Is that it now or is this thing over?

[Anonymous]

So the Pope came and went and gave his apology. Is that it now or is this thing over?

I read his visit cost Canadians twenty million bucks. Stay at the Vatican and use Skype.

[Odinson]

So the Pope came and went and gave his apology. Is that it now or is this thing over?

No... They´ll bring it up every 10 years to forward their agendas.

[@realAzhyaAryola]

So the Pope came and went and gave his apology. Is that it now or is this thing over?

I read his visit cost Canadians twenty million bucks. Stay at the Vatican and use Skype.

 ac_toofunny

[@realAzhyaAryola]

So the Pope came and went and gave his apology. Is that it now or is this thing over?

No... They´ll bring it up every 10 years to forward their agendas.

10? More like daily...

[Anonymous]

Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence on this day 246 years ago.

[@realAzhyaAryola]

Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence on this day 246 years ago.

 

[Anonymous]

Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence on this day 246 years ago.

Happy belated birthday American Declaration of Independence.

[Anonymous]

A Michigan automotive supplier, Tribar Technologies, is responsible for contaminating the Huron River with a second toxic chemical spill. The company admitted to releasing "several thousand gallons" of waste containing 5% hexavalent chromium into the sewer system.



According to the CDC, hexavalent chromium is a known carcinogen that can cause many ailments, including skin ulcers, stomach tumors, and lung cancer.



Tribar officials are not sure exactly when the spill started, but believe it may have begun two days before they alerted authorities. The Michigan sewer system feeds into the city's wastewater treatment plant before releasing into the Huron River.



In 2018, the auto supplier was responsible for another spill. Tribar released PFAS contaminants into the Huron River. The accident initiated a "do not eat" fish advisory that was still in place at the time of the hexavalent chromium spill this week.



In response to the 2018 mishap, Tribar added mobile filtration systems to its Michigan facility. Tribar stated that the new system should "dramatically lower levels of PFAS leaving" the factory. At the time, people were told the fish advisory would soon be lifted, but that never happened.



The first incident did not stop residents from boating, swimming, or enjoying catch-and-release fishing. However, this week's spill forced Michigan to close 14 beaches. Locals are justifiably concerned about the potential contamination of the Ann Arbor water supply.

[Anonymous]

It wasn't long ago that Sherman, Texas, might have been best known as the birthplace of Buck Owens, the late country-and-western star, or as the home of Austin College, one of the state's oldest colleges. More recently, however, the city of nearly 44,000 people located about 65 miles north of Dallas has had something else to brag about: a growing reputation as a center of high-tech manufacturing.



In June, Taiwan-based semiconductor manufacturer GlobalWafers announced plans to build a state-of-the-art, $5 billion silicon wafer factory in Sherman, which beat competing sites in South Korea and Ohio for the facility. The plant will produce advanced, 300-millimeter wafers—which are currently manufactured in Asia—and could support as many as 1,500 jobs over time.



The GlobalWafers announcement came on the heels of Dallas-based Texas Instruments saying that it would put up as many as four new semiconductor (or chip) manufacturing plants in Sherman, potentially investing $30 billion and employing up to 3,000 people. Before selecting the North Texas city, the company had considered Singapore for the facilities, which also will produce 300-millimeter wafers.



The latest developments are a far cry from previous decades in Sherman, when factories there making surgical dressings and automotive glass products were shuttered, with some of the jobs going to other countries.

[Frood]

A lot of countries don't want wafer plants due to one particularly dangerous manufacturing component which is super toxic.



Won't go into it but let's just say I've had to deal with it before and it's a liability.

[Anonymous]

Making computer chips involves hundreds of chemicals containing reproductive toxins, mutagens, and carcinogens. They were not the best places for pregnant women to work. Newer plants in Korea and Taiwan have reduced their environmental and health impact.



We need more chip production. Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore are dependent on materials from China for production. The US and Europe must take control of their own raw materials and production lines.

[Frood]

There is one though that is the motherfucker of all poisons and if it was sabotaged, everything around the plant would die a horrific death....

[Anonymous]

There is one though that is the motherfucker of all poisons and if it was sabotaged, everything around the plant would die a horrific death....

It sounds it's like asbestos that way. It's only dangerous when fibreas are disturbed.