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Topic “Health & Environment”

Online Exclusive: A Guide to Composting

A composting primer, or a recipe for guaranteed parental agitation.

Meghana Reddy | Wed, Jun 13th- 12:35pm | Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Health & Environment
At Ground Level

At Ground Level

For three years, the Hep B Project has worked to provide education, screening and vaccinations across Alameda County. The disease unequally impacts the Asian American and Pacific Islander community: one in 10 will contract the disease, compared...

Jason Cham | Mon, May 14th- 11:51pm | Community, Health, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Health & Environment

The 'Greenwashing' of Nail Polish

A recent report from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control reveals that some nail polish manufacturers have been mislabeling what's inside those pretty bottles.

Momo Chang | Tue, Apr 24th- 12:44pm | Brazilian Blowout, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, dibutyl-phthalate, formaldehyde, nail polish, three-free, toluene, toxic trio, toxins, workers, Fashion, Gender, Health & Environment, News & Politics, Science, Social Justice

Romancing the Wok

Grace Young on achieving the perfect stir-fry -- and why we shouldn't use nonstick woks. 

Nina Kahori Fal... | Tue, Apr 10th- 2:16am | Books, Chinese food, cookware, Grace Young, wok, Culture, Diaspora, Food, Health & Environment

The World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout

Yoichi Shimatsu explains the astounding reach of the Fukushima nuclear disaster fallout.

New America Media | Thu, Mar 8th- 9:43am | Fukushima, japan, nuclear disaster, Health & Environment, News & Politics

Birthing Centers Cater to Expectant 'Dragon Year' Mothers

"Birthing Centers" are popping up in the US to cater expectant Asian parents aiming for Year of the Dragon birth.

New America Media | Fri, Mar 2nd- 11:31am | babies, birthing centers, year of the dragon, Culture, Health & Environment, Parenthood

It’s Eel, It’s Salmon -- Wait… It’s Kinda Both?

The Just Label It campaign wants you to know what you're eating.

Nancy Wei | Thu, Jan 5th- 3:56pm | food safety, GMO, labeling, organics, sushi, Food, Health & Environment, Science, Social Justice
Sea Change

Sea Change

Writer Nina Kahori Fallenbaum
Photographer Lisa Cates

Some say that Asian America began in Louisiana. In the late 1700s, Filipino sailors escaped Spanish galleons and started shrimping the hot, humid Gulf Coast, where the weather...

Nina Kahori Fal... | Wed, May 9th- 10:36am | BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, New Orleans East, vietnamese americans, Community, Food and Agriculture, Food, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011, Health & Environment, News & Politics, Recipe
Medical Malpractice?

Medical Malpractice?

Writer Catherine A. Traywick

Jane Sandoval can’t speak a lick of Tagalog — her parents made sure of that. “There’s no excuse for you to not speak well. You were born here,” her father used to tell his children, often punctuating this...

Catherine A Traywick | Tue, Apr 23rd- 12:24pm | Activism, Feature, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011, Health & Environment, Race, Social Justice

Postpartum (Food) Delivery in Oakland Chinatown

A new service in Oakland's Chinatown delivers meals like chicken and black fungus wine soup to new moms.

 

Momo Chang | Fri, Oct 7th- 10:02am | Allan Liu, Liu Mama, Motherhood Rooted, postpartum, Culture, Food, Gender, Health & Environment, Immigration, Parenthood
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