Foxconn deal raises wide array of environmental questions

MADISON - Foxconn Technology Group’s plans for a sprawling manufacturing facility pose an array of environmental challenges, ranging from the way it will handle chemicals to the impact a plant of its size will have on the surrounding watershed. 

The company’s plans for a $10 billion plant in southeastern Wisconsin would be the first for Foxconn in North America.

The administration of Republican Gov. Scott Walker and other supporters have touted the economic benefits of a plant that could employ up to 13,000 workers in a region that has experienced a loss of manufacturing jobs.

But in Asia, the Taiwan-based company, the world`s largest contract manufacturer of consumer electronics, has grappled with pollution problems, particularly in China, where it serves as a contract manufacturer to Apple and other technology companies...