The Nation - News from Jan. 14, 1987
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has banned pregnant women from semiconductor production lines in response to a study finding high miscarriage rates in certain chip-making jobs, the company said. The company, which has 4,000 female production workers at five chip plants in Pennsylvania, Missouri and Florida, is believed to be the nation’s first semiconductor manufacturer to impose such a ban.
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