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April, 2010

April 14, 2010
2009 World Semiconductor Council Green IT Presentation
The World Semiconductor Council, composed of the leading semiconductor industries, has documented the role that semiconductors can play to save energy and protect the global environment.

May, 2009

May 12, 2009
2009 ACEEE Report - Semiconductor Technologies: The Potential To Revolutionize U.S. Energy Productivity
Aggressive adoption of new technologies for the production, distribution and use of electricity could lower total U.S. energy consumption by 2030, according to a study released today by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The study was commissioned by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

April, 2009

April 14, 2009
Energy Efficiency: Semiconductors' 21st Century Challenge

May, 2008

May 22, 2008
Doing More Using Less - SIA Energy Brochure

August, 2006

August 11, 2006
ESH: PFOS Reduction Agreement

May, 2006

May 18, 2006
ESH: Global Semiconductor Ind. Endorses Plan to Limit Use of Chemicals Linked to Env. Persistence
Chip companies will reduce use of PFOS while seeking alternatives

August, 2005

August 15, 2005
SIA Identifies New Chemical Information Process

May, 2005

May 19, 2005
Semiconductor Manufacturers Reduce PFC Emissions
World's chipmakers on track to achieve 2010 goals for cutting emissions

August, 2003

August 12, 2003
ESH: Letter to Senator Sher Opposing Article 11.7 of SB 20

August 1, 2003
Worker Health Project Milestones

July, 2003

July 9, 2003
ESH: Final Comments on European REACH System

March, 2003

March 1, 2003
SIA Selects John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as Lead Investigator for Worker Health Feasibility Study

March 1, 2003
SIA Announces Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for its Worker Health Feasibility Study

January, 2003

January 1, 2003
"Let Science Do The Talking" - By George Scalise, President, SIA

June, 2002

June 6, 2002
SIA Hires Worker Health Project Manager

March, 2002

March 29, 2002
OP-ED: Good Science Protects Worker Health

October, 2001

October 15, 2001
ESH: Executive Summary of Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Report

August, 2001

August 29, 2001
ESH: Occupational Health System (OHS) Website

March, 2001

March 13, 2001
ESH: SIA Announces PFC Reduction and Climate Partnership with USEPA

December, 2000

December 20, 2000
ESH: BoL Statistics '99 Survey Rates U.S. Semiconductor Workers Among the Nation's Safest