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Future cancers from Fukushima may be hidden

November 26, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Ritter and Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out. Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Chieko Shiina, Columbia University, Education Ministry, Edwin Lyman, Eisuke Matsui, England, Fred Mettler, Fukushima Prefecture, Health Sciences, New Mexico, Richard Wakeford, Seiji Yasumura, Tokyo, UNSCEAR, Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2, Yuka Saito, guinea, japan

Vietnam and U.S. still in conflict over Agent Orange

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CAM TUYEN, Vietnam (AP) — Her children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bien Hoa, Cam Tuyen, Environmental Administration, Hatfield Associates, Health Sciences, Le Ke Son, Michael Michalak, Nguyen Van Bong, North Vietnam, Phu Cat, South Vietnam, Tran Xuan Thu, United States, Veterans Administration, Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Association, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4

Custodians angry over shift changes

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jane Mee Wong Northwest Asian Weekly Swing-shift custodians at the University of Washington are coming together across ethnic lines and language barriers to keep their work shifts. The predominantly Asian, Latino, and East African workforce consists of 66 custodians who work from 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. On June 1, they will be reassigned […]

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: Custodial Services, Danilo Penor, East African, Facilities Services, Filipino, Gene Woodard, Health Sciences, Jane Mee Wong, Lem Lem, Mulu Siam, Physics Astronomy Building, UW, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Yong Nam, letter, parking

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