Post AjHp9H8PHP9sxEB7qa by olav@theweird.space
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(DIR) Post #AjEZIgcPiczJrBneVM by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T22:32:42Z
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🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, in 2023, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into the apartment windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off the US EPA, who sent their env cops to raid Apple's plant in Aug of 2023. The US EPA finally released the report of their enforcement inspections & sent me a copy on Friday. 💀 ⬇️
(DIR) Post #AjEZIi7I9JHWVFFpGy by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T22:41:40Z
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US EPA Enforcement & Compliance conducted 3 onsite inspections of Apple's fab facility in 8/2023 + 1/2024. US EPA noted at least *19* potential violations of the RCRA hazardous waste statute.I just posted US EPA's report for public access. Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/312oqvretg7yyhfx0ohx4/AGZduVXs0_1geqIyi0NA9nE?rlkey=3aa2tw15ek3trqlbdh7pw9erh&st=e7pg1cpp&dl=0
(DIR) Post #AjEZIjTf5clmiujCmO by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T22:48:47Z
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After discovering what Apple did, I then spent three months requesting records & digging through regulatory filings to learn more - which led me to file a complaint to US EPA in June 2023. I met with EPA's investigators & sent them everything I discovered.I told EPA I didn't want my whistleblowing to be anonymous, and instead, that if EPA shows up to inspect the plant, when they do, please have the EPA cops tell Apple: "Ashley says hi." 💀
(DIR) Post #AjEZIkXb8TVq1PZrYO by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T22:54:56Z
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The inspection was supposed to be unannounced so EPA surprises the inspected party who has no chance to cover up issues before EPA gets inside. However city HazMat tipped off Apple & EPA was greeted by Apple's EH&S team. Note: what EPA found was AFTER Apple had time to clean up.
(DIR) Post #AjEZIlXdPp8V7obPFY by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:00:44Z
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TLDR; EPA discovered that Apple was:- illegally treating hazardous waste- illegally transporting hazardous waste to disposal facilities - illegally dumping hazardous waste into the ambient air outside the facility (into the apartment windows)- leaving stockpiles of extremely dangerous chemicals unattended on weekends
(DIR) Post #AjEqFg58xKUkXpOBOq by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:06:54Z
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Let's start with illegal treatment: Apple set up a 1,700 gallon aboveground chemical storage tank to treat their ignitable solvent waste. The chemicals are clearly RCRA-regulated hazardous waste. The tank was even marked hazardous waste. But Apple obtained no permits for it, nor told the government about it, because Apple unilaterally (and incorrectly) declared it wasn't hazardous waste. #BadApple
(DIR) Post #AjEqFgx1izb3EwbDO4 by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:13:54Z
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But Apple's potential felonies did not stop there! Apple also decided to transport the illegally treated haz waste (which Apple claimed was never haz waste) to a disposal facility still claiming it wasn't haz waste (even though it was). In 2021 Apple's same waste stream included the TSCA regulated chemical NMP, which, in 2022, EPA proposed should be banned due to unreasonable risk of human harm.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFhW7cVfYzn1F5c by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:23:11Z
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This same solvent waste storage tank full of environmental crimes also featured illegal emissions too! The solvent VOC air emissions from the tank & all of the facility's solvent exhaust were collected into a mainline & then dumped into the ambient air on the roof, without a permit, & probably almost entirely unabated (so straight up solvent vapors into the outdoor air).
(DIR) Post #AjEqFhw04IMyI37uQS by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:41:49Z
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Because Apple wasn't monitoring its solvent emissions, & had no permit, its unclear just how much toxic waste Apple dumped into our bedrooms. Also, it gets worse. Between 2020-23, Apple did monitor the air for vapors with an ad hoc, handheld, calibrated gas detector...ONE TIME.Apple failed to calibrate the tool in all other tests. However, Apple did calibrate the tool a few times, but each time Apple then failed to actually use the tool to test anything. Great work, Apple.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFiWVsXZo7ID4L2 by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:50:43Z
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We previously discussed how Apple didn't change its carbon filters for around five years (per Apple's manifests); so those filters were probably useless and doing nothing to control the gas/vapor emissions. But there's more! US EPA also noticed that when Apple did start changing the filters in 12/2020 (after I reported my chemical induced illness next to the building), Apple then unilaterally claimed solvent drenched charcoal is not haz waste, & proceeded to illegally dispose of it.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFidFTUxqSBMRpw by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T23:58:11Z
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We're not done, you guys. There's more!! However, if you feel like you just got a strong whiff of Apple's poison gases & you need a moment to catch your breath; I'll just leave this right here as a reminder of how important it is that we look out for each other and feel a sense of duty to the community around us.It's a tale as old as time that industry will poison communities as much as it can, as long as it can, until every day people come together to demand to not be slowly murdered.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFjFBCTJ0Lp6jxY by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T00:27:00Z
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Next, EPA discovered that Apple had many smaller nonpermitted tanks of haz waste scattered around the plant; including 5-gallon containers of "highly flammable" & corrosive chemicals. Apple unilaterally declared they were not hazardous waste because Apple 1) never analyzed it & 2) did pour water into it. EPA said "no" & also pouring water into haz waste is still "treating" haz waste, and requires a permit that Apple did not have.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFjOkcsxgpVaNsW by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T00:37:02Z
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The US EPA inspector noticed Apple had a 55-gallon container of corrosive liquid chemicals sitting in Apple's "Chemical Bunker," & the container's cap was removed EPA said: hey Apple, why is that haz waste container left open? Apple responded: its open so the vapors can vent, you know, so it doesn't explodeEPA said: you need to buy containers designed for these types of chemicals
(DIR) Post #AjEqFk5I4izOxRUMBU by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T00:49:31Z
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Speaking of Apple's Chemical Bunker...when US EPA started looking around, it saw 30 containers of corrosive liquid, & 12 containers of flammable liquids, all "stacked against the wall." The labels were not visible so EPA had to dig through the jugs to figure out what was there.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFkYMKeF2Pb5ZUe by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T00:54:11Z
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The US EPA inspector also came across a pile of random containers of hazardous waste, apparently thrown in the corner of the Bunker. Three container's contents were unknown. All 10 were not dated & had not been analyzed. Apple claimed they had just left them there that morning.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFl0idCvVpYMDhI by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T01:00:26Z
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If you're thinking, ok that all sounds very dangerous, but I'm sure Apple was keeping an eye on things...The facility operated 24/7 but only M-F. On the weekends it was unattended & Apple didn't monitor their waste or waste treatment systems. Apple also stopped their weekly inspections in Feb 2023 after I learned what they were doing at the factory.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFlTQuRtZGbn9SC by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T01:15:37Z
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Finally, lets talk about Apple's factory exhaust into the ambient air next to thousands of homes and two public parks. Much of Apple's solvent exhaust was vented out "as is" (unabated) from the main system. The illegal solvent treatment tank exhaust did go through the untested carbon boxes, but then it was released out of a tiny vent pointed *down* at the building. Any gases heavier then air would be directed to the ground level to pool into toxic vapor plumes.There were no permits.
(DIR) Post #AjEqFm5MdQEjAFXRZo by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T01:32:55Z
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My civil lawsuit against Apple includes 2 toxic tort claims for what theyre doing at this factory. I alleged Nuisance + Ultrahazardous Activities. The US Judge is letting me proceed with both claims.https://casetext.com/case/gjovik-v-apple-inc-1Apple can keep flailing around, but we're in US court now & they will be forced to face the music. I'm also waiting to hear from US Dept of Labor Judge if I can add RCRA, Clean Air Act, & TSCA retaliation claims.Finally, its also possible DOJ could pursue criminal charges.
(DIR) Post #AjEsXI5P6tcrFB2Mm8 by kirby@lab.nyanide.com
2024-06-24T02:37:15.887613Z
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@ashleygjovik
(DIR) Post #AjF0S0o0jMiPpntaDI by lamp@kitty.haus
2024-06-24T04:13:00.572349Z
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@ashleygjovik Wtf
(DIR) Post #AjFkMSQxgzbdfyP6qu by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-24T12:46:58Z
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@ashleygjovik Alt text (addendum): the all caps-post reads: APPLE IS DOING LITERAL ACTUAL GODDAMN SILICON FAB O.2 MILES (0.3 KM) FROM THE APARTMENT WHERE I GOT SO SICK I THOUGHT I WAS DYING & APPLE VENTED THAT SHIT INTO THE AIR FROM THEIR ROOF THE YARD NEXT TO THEIR"GAS BUNKERS"RIGHT INTO MY 3RD FLOOR APARTMENT
(DIR) Post #AjFp8aAocTshOe3Sgy by creamqueen@clubcyberia.co
2024-06-24T13:40:54.701181Z
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@ashleygjovik you don't understand you need paper straws you are destroying the environment
(DIR) Post #AjFsPtaVzR6oOY1TGK by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2024-06-24T14:17:33.869718Z
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Complex low-trust behavior on the part of a large business. This is challenging.
(DIR) Post #AjGBUy1com54jYpq3E by ashleygjovik@mastodon.social
2024-06-24T14:09:55Z
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All of this excitement about Apple's many toxic waste failures was apparently too much for DropBox and they needed to take a break. In the meantime, I've now also shared the documents here: https://drive.proton.me/urls/KPZ6E314Q8#BK4LU2W3FWur
(DIR) Post #AjGBoS9B39tVenevXE by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-06-24T17:55:04Z
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@ashleygjovik Mother Nature is displeased
(DIR) Post #AjGdJ6h9YV22reOOfI by dictatordave@poa.st
2024-06-24T14:27:21.004317Z
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@cjd @ashleygjovik questionwhy isn't this on the national news?
(DIR) Post #AjGdJ7ibkZn22S54ZU by JeffTheJoker@nicecrew.digital
2024-06-24T14:37:55.018381Z
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If (((the national news))) is assisting apple by not speaking of this, then I believe you already have your answer.The remaining questions to me are, what is there to be gained precisely, and by whom exactly, in a manner that can be proven unequivocally?
(DIR) Post #AjGdJ8klu17BFS6JaC by dictatordave@poa.st
2024-06-24T14:43:16.254090Z
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@JeffTheJoker @ashleygjovik @cjd corruption is one hell of a drugand its hilarious when people ignore the gay fascist bullshit in their faces
(DIR) Post #AjGdJ9Ur8fyhYNf7Pk by JeffTheJoker@nicecrew.digital
2024-06-24T14:47:17.399912Z
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Except actual fascists were definitely opposed to homosexuality and corruption..What We are witnessing here, is the capitalist half of the (((dialectic)))....
(DIR) Post #AjGdJAUBSf2CcaM60O by dictatordave@poa.st
2024-06-24T14:49:28.841732Z
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@JeffTheJoker @ashleygjovik @cjd people in general need to get out of this idea of fascists being groups from the pasti'm talking about state/corporate fusionnot italians, not germans, and i think people blind themselves to whats in front of themyes a group of faggots can create a faggot fascist state via corporate controli get that groups who were a flavor of fascism in the past hated homos, and so do i, but that's not what we're talking about here and i'm sick of that shit being a diversion to a discussion, its as gay as commies saying real communism hasn't been tried yet
(DIR) Post #AjHp9H8PHP9sxEB7qa by olav@theweird.space
2024-06-24T03:31:22Z
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@ashleygjovikApple has $67bn in cash just sitting around. You'd think they could be nice to their neighborsEdit: source https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAPL/apple/cash-on-hand#:~:text=Apple%20cash%20on%20hand%20for,a%2031.12%25%20decline%20from%202020.
(DIR) Post #AjJjYdsyMJTnoIyeuG by riking@social.wxcafe.net
2024-06-24T03:16:56Z
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@ashleygjovik I have mirrored the files to archive.org, which comes with a convenient PDF viewer and no login nagging from Dropbox: https://archive.org/details/2024_04_30_Apple_3250_Scott_RCRA_Insp_Report/2024_04_30_RCRA_Insp_Report_REPORT_Apple_3250_Scott_Redacted/?sort=title_ascEDIT: Put proper titles on the PDFs and included the sort order in the URL.