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I’m not convinced that’s a problem, since chip fabs require people to wear cleanroom suits anyway.



It's possible, but cleanroom suits are primarily designed to protect the product from the employees. They keep foreign contaminants out of the manufacturing environment. They're not necessarily capable of protecting the employees from the hazards of the manufacturing environment itself, nor do they necessarily account for the removal of hazardous material before venting the production area to the atmosphere. It might further add to the costs of the fabrication facility.


Adding hepa filters on exhaust (and issuing respirators) and not just intake would not budge the cost of a chip at all.




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