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Apple Employee Blows Whistle on Illegal Spying and Toxic Working Conditions

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Link to the whistleblowers's article about her apartment experience: https://sfbayview.com/2021/03/i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apart...

I don't know what effects she may have experienced from environmental toxins, but I do know that her story is very similar to those I have heard from friends relating to finding e.g. a small amount of mold in their apartments. At least in some cases I think such observations are just feeding into a viscious anxiety cycle. Person is anxious and suspects their environment: person finds perceived enviromental pollutant: person becomes even more anxious and so on.

her apt VOC levels reaching 1.5 mg/m3 (sounds like for example 0.2g of acetone evaporated in 500ft apt without ventilation) is classified as elevated/temporary exposure only. One can see (IANAD) how it may be a problem for a person with sensitivity like the asthma she has.

Isn't this story very old and the general consensus was that Ashley Gjovik was suing everybody including her apartment complex. She was also pissed off at Apple for leaking her explicit photos, when she was the one who put them on the work phone.

Prior discussion on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28477392

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be investigating whistleblower retaliation complaints concerning Sunnyvale Apple office building built on superfund site.

>never tested the air again

just a side note - while specific industrial testers may be overkill, the combined CO2/particulate/VOC/formaldehyde gadgets are $100 ballpark, and given the new construction on sites where Intel/HP dumped the etching fluids or whatever, buildings energy saving certifications (read low ventilation/AC), etc. i find it is very useful to have on desktop in the office (watching formaldehyde (or may be VOC - forgot after 2 years WFH) rising on a hot day on new furniture, though still under official safety limits. The CO2 was almost always under 600 - not bad :)

Any recommendations on specific models?

unfortunately i have no idea how my mid-price no-name online bought stacks against the rest.

My experience with working with "Apple People" (Tony Fadell, others) is that they would have you ground into dog meat if it meant they could get one more degree of shininess on the product.

It surprising me not-at-all that they would not test their superfund office building for safety or otherwise.

This is the website of the Apple accuser Ashley Gjøvik:

https://www.ashleygjovik.com/ashleys-apple-story.html

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