Samsung Announces Environmental Review

The world’s second largest chip maker, Samsung, (Intel is #1) has hired Washington D.C.-based Environ Holdings to conduct a 12-month review of its semiconductor factories after reports surfaced that a number of workers have contracted leukemia, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Earlier this year, a group sued a South Korean government agency seeking [...]

Science, Health & Recalls Week of November 10

Research Studies Cancer Risk From Silicone Implants The results of a new study suggest that breast implants may increase the risk of a rare form of lymphoma cancer known as anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma (ALCL), Reuters reports. Dr. Daphne de Jong and colleagues from The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam looked into the association between [...]