ANNUAL DAY OF MOURNING FOR IBM'S EMPLOYEES
A time bomb is ticking.
Detonation Day is circa 2015.
The damage has already begun, in cases
too defused to designate as “clusters”.
The first time around IBM’s spokespersons
pleaded ignorance.
This time they have no cover story.
This is a grave public health issue, requiring
a massive public awareness campaign.
When the bread winner of a family dies, or
contacts a debilitating disease, or has an
off-spring born with severe defects, a family
is traumatized and devastated.
So what if the members of that family are
not Americans ?
Is a Chinese’s life, or an East Indian’s life
any less valuable than an American’s ?
Are persons of other nations “Throwaways” ???
IBM’s computer components expose workers to
harsh industrial strength chemicals.
IBM is not alone in this travesty, but IBM feigns
itself a world industry leader and standard bearer.
When IBM and other large manufacturers
felt the heat from large legal settlements
in the USA, they out-sourced their production
and chemical exposures to less developed
nations. The expectation was that people
would be so glad to get jobs that they would
ask very few questions.
It may take decades for many of the work
related exposures to manifest themselves
in various afflictions. In the meantime, and
in-between-time, IBM and other multi-national
corporations are raking in Billion$$$$$ per year.
They take their chances on paying lawyers and
settling litigation if and when they are cornered.
From their perspective, it’s just a cost
of doing business !
I am a widow because of IBM’s callous,
heartless, greedy attitude towards profit
at any cost.
How many more widows will it take ?
Mourn on February 22nd.
Be fully aware and engaged all the days ahead.
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Posted by Madame P J Bailey February 6, 2012
BACKGROUND ARTICLES
Did IBM Know Of A Cancer Link?
By Rebecca Leung CBS 60 Minutes
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/09/60II/main587573.shtml
Cancer fears persist among IBM workers
By Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2006-11-26-ibm-workers-usat_x.htm
NEW YORK TIMES SERIES ON IBM CANCER AND BIRTH DEFECT CASES
BY BOB HERBERT
The Clean Room's Dirty Secret
By Susan Q. Stranahan Mother Jones
http://motherjones.com/politics/2002/03/clean-rooms-dirty-secret
Cancer mortality in IBM Endicott plant workers, 1969–2001: an update on a NY production plant
Richard W Clapp and Kate Hoffman
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/7/1/13
The Environmental Impact of the Manufacturing of Seminconductors
Module by: Jason Holden, Christopher Kelty
http://cnx.org/content/m14503/1.1/
More Lawsuits Over 'Poisoning' In The Electronics Workplace
By Greg Gordon Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://web.archive.org/web/20020601104006/http://www.rense.com/general25/poi.htm
Toxics in the ‘Clean Rooms’: Are Samsung Workers at Risk?
By Elizabeth Grossman
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/toxics_in_the_clean_rooms_are_samsung_workers_at_risk/2414/
Occupational and Environmental Hazards: The Campaign in SiliconValley
http://www.slideshare.net/tsmith52/ted-ppt-presentation-for-international-symposium-in-soeul-korea-november-12-2011-final1
IBM CANCER FINDINGS SUPPRESSED
The Man Who Knew Too Much
by Michael Blanding From the August 2004 issue of Bonston Magazine
http://www.familiesagainstcancer.org/?id=81
NIOSH Feasibility Assessment for a Cancer Study Among Former IBM
Employees Who Worked at the Endicott, New York Plant
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/103/pdfs/NIOSH_103-FS_Endicott.pdf
Disputed study sees the light of day after a lengthy controversy
IBM cancer data published - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/25356/#ixzz1lTh8YvLT
http://classic.the-scientist.com/news/display/25356/
Life In The Plume: IBM's Pollution Haunts a Village
By Janet Gramza The Post-Standard
http://www.syracuse.com/specialreports/index.ssf/2009/01/life_in_the_plume_ibms_polluti.html
Woman Can Sue Over 'Lie' to Mother
By Tom Perrotta New York Law Journal
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1063212087448&slreturn=1
NIOSH Report Supports Cancer Study - IBM's Endicott, NY Facility
http://ehstoday.com/ar/ehs_imp_52791/
IBM Endicott Site, Health Statistics Review
Cancer and Birth Outcome Analysis, Village of Endicott and Endwell, Town of Union, Broome County, NY
Computer Cancer Cover-up Microchip Production’s Link to Leukemia
http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/investigations/broome/health_statistics_review.htm
http://www.consumerjusticegroup.com/leukemia/ibm.html
IBM fights to suppress cancer probe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/jun/20/pressandpublishing.medicineandhealth
IBM computer factory workers show markedly increased cancer death rates
By Jerome Douglas
http://www.naturalnews.com/020883.html
Chip Industry to Probe Cancer Rates of Workers
By Daniel Sorid
http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=6887
Benzene Attorneys Protect Against Dangerous Carcinogens
http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/benzene/
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