November 19, 2003
Love in the Time of Benzene
Love in the Time of Benzene
In a trial widely followed in the valley, Ms. Hawes, a lawyer who specializes in occupational health cases, is helping to represent two retired I.B.M. electronics factory workers who say they have cancer because the company knowingly exposed them to hazardous chemicals. Her husband, Mr. Smith, who is also a lawyer, founded the nonprofit Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition more than two decades ago and has been one of the valley's most dogged environmental activist ever since.
Posted by rshah at November 19, 2003 12:00 PM