Ming Kunpeng went to work for ASM Pacific Technology – a chip supplier for Apple – when he was 19 years old. Required to handle the known carcinogen benzene on a daily basis without adequate training or protective gear, the young worker fell ill at the age of 22. Doctors eventually diagnosed him with occupational leukemia.
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