Apple's Secret Silicon Fab Next to Thousands of Homes
In 2015, Apple began semiconductor fabrication activities in a facility located at 3250 Scott Boulevard in Santa Clara California. The building is less than two hundred feet from thousands of homes, a public park, and a children's playground. For years, Apple knowingly vented its exhaust of solvent vapors and toxic gases straight from the roof and into the ambient outdoor air, with little or no abatement. Further, the factory was only one story, while the apartments were four to five stories tall, nearly ensuring the factory exhaust created a lingering vapor plume that would enter the apartments through windows and the 'fresh air intake' vents.
Gjovik lived at these apartments in 2020 and found herself in the emergency room within one week, disabled by symptoms of solvent and gas exposure. Later in 2020, Gjovik conducted air testing and bio-monitoring which found the presence of Apple's factory exhaust inside her home, and inside her body.
Gjovik initially suspected her exposure to chemicals was due to the Brownfield clean-up site the apartments were built on, and/or the Superfund chemical plume historically under the apartments, however the known concentrations did not provide a plausible explanation for the severity of her symptoms with any of the possible vectors.
In February 2023, while reviewing Public Records Act request documents, Gjovik discovered the semiconductor fabrication activities at 3250 Scott Blvd. She began researching the facility and found more and more evidence that it was actually Apple who made her sick in 2020. Apple made her so sick she thought she was dying (and apparently she was, and could have died).
Read Gjovik's June 12 2023 tip and complaint to the US EPA about the site.
You can also review the US EPA's April 30 2024 Enforcement & Compliance inspection report summarizing what they found when they conducted formal inspections based on Gjovik's tips.
Gjovik lived at these apartments in 2020 and found herself in the emergency room within one week, disabled by symptoms of solvent and gas exposure. Later in 2020, Gjovik conducted air testing and bio-monitoring which found the presence of Apple's factory exhaust inside her home, and inside her body.
Gjovik initially suspected her exposure to chemicals was due to the Brownfield clean-up site the apartments were built on, and/or the Superfund chemical plume historically under the apartments, however the known concentrations did not provide a plausible explanation for the severity of her symptoms with any of the possible vectors.
In February 2023, while reviewing Public Records Act request documents, Gjovik discovered the semiconductor fabrication activities at 3250 Scott Blvd. She began researching the facility and found more and more evidence that it was actually Apple who made her sick in 2020. Apple made her so sick she thought she was dying (and apparently she was, and could have died).
Read Gjovik's June 12 2023 tip and complaint to the US EPA about the site.
You can also review the US EPA's April 30 2024 Enforcement & Compliance inspection report summarizing what they found when they conducted formal inspections based on Gjovik's tips.

US EPA RCRA - Apple Inc - 2024 04 30 - Inspection Report - 3250 Scott Santa Clara - No Attachments |
The first download is the inspection report and photos without the US EPA's attachments. This version is 6.3 MB and 52 pages.

US EPA RCRA - Apple Inc - 2024 04 30 - Inspection Report - 3250 Scott Santa Clara - With All Attachments |
The second download is the inspection report and photos with all of the US EPA's attachments. This version is 47 MB and 319 pages.
Gjovik's June 2023 US EPA Complaint:
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Apple is doing semiconductor fabrication at 3250 Scott Blvd.
Apple has been illegally exhausting toxic chemicals into the ambient air around the facility.
Aug.-Sept. 2024 BAAQMD Notice of Violations