We actively participate in industry-wide efforts to promote and improve responsible EHS management and policy development. AMD representatives serve on EHS-related committees in a variety of organizations or groups including the Semiconductor Industry Association, European Semiconductor Industry Association, SRC/SEMATECH Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing, China Roundtable and others. Through these associations, AMD has collaborated with industry peers to provide input on policy initiatives such as the EU's RoHS Directive, China RoHS, and REACH law.

AMD's EHS professionals also maintain a presence at both national and local levels in professional groups like the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the Semiconductor Environmental, Safety and Health Association, and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.

We have also been involved in major industry worker health studies, such as a SIA-funded study at the University of California at Davis that evaluated reproductive health concerns in the semiconductor industry. Based on the study's findings and recommendations (published in 1992), we voluntarily eliminated the use of certain ethylene-based glycol ethers because of the possibility that such chemicals may offer reproductive risk.

In late 2004, the SIA also made a full retrospective epidemiology study focusing on cancer risks to those working in the semiconductor industry. On August 2, 2005, the SIA announced the selection of Vanderbilt University to conduct the study. AMD is an active participant in the process.