Hazardous Advanced Micro Devices (’A.M.D.’) ‘Clean Room’ Chemicals Allegedly Caused Multiple Birth Defects

Advanced Micro Devices (”A.M.D.”) and a regional medical association that claims to treat 15 percent of Austin-area residents are responsible for multiple birth defects in an Austin youth born with a missing lower right arm and lifelong cognitive deficits, according to a lawsuit filed in Travis County District Court. The youth’s mother, a former A.M.D. “clean room” employee, was wrongfully exposed to birth defect-causing hazardous chemicals during her pregnancy. A.M.D. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Pregnancy on December 2nd, 2007