Tata’s iPhone parts factory faces health probe
Key takeaways
- The health investigation opens a new front in an environmental dispute that has become a test case for India’s push to become a major manufacturing hub for Apple i Phones.
- Tata said in a statement this week that the pollution board had dropped its scrutiny after confirming its analysis of recently collected water samples from inside the facility did “not indicate any contamination”.
- Tata did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize An Indian state health authority is investigating how liquid discharged from Apple supplier Tata’s i Phone components factory has affected farmers, some of whom complained about skin issues from contamination in their farmlands, according to three officials and a document reviewed by Reuters.
The health investigation opens a new front in an environmental dispute that has become a test case for India’s push to become a major manufacturing hub for Apple i Phones. The Tata Electronics plant in Hosur in southern Tamil Nadu state was sent a warning notice by the state pollution control board on May 25 for allegedly contaminating groundwater in adjacent farms.
Tata said in a statement this week that the pollution board had dropped its scrutiny after confirming its analysis of recently collected water samples from inside the facility did “not indicate any contamination”.