Fifty is the new forty for men. Fifty is still sixty for women.
– 30 Rock --
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I had written a post on the demolishing of IBM Kingston Bldg. 025, at http://thesilkentouch.blogspot.com/2016/04/5068-bldg-025.html. Rocky's comment was about contamination at IBM Endicott, and Becs commented on a pharmaceutical company. You know, I suspect all large companies (and some small ones) dirty up their grounds. It's cheaper and easier that way, and you know what any company's main concern is. Sigh.
Anyway, I did a little internet research. IBM fouled Endicott, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Fishkill, four NY plants that all worked together. The Fishkill one was new to me, and when I'd said that Jay had been out of Bldg. 025 for a few years before his cancer, well, surprise, he'd worked that time at Fishkill.
The most surprising thing I found out was that IBM was aware of the groundwater pollution plume in Kingston back in the late '70s. They built Bldg. 025 smack on top of that plume after they found out about it.
Surprise.
Anyway, I did a little internet research. IBM fouled Endicott, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Fishkill, four NY plants that all worked together. The Fishkill one was new to me, and when I'd said that Jay had been out of Bldg. 025 for a few years before his cancer, well, surprise, he'd worked that time at Fishkill.
The most surprising thing I found out was that IBM was aware of the groundwater pollution plume in Kingston back in the late '70s. They built Bldg. 025 smack on top of that plume after they found out about it.
Surprise.
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