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Fukushima Disaster: Costs Fall on Public

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Tokyo- (PanOrient News) The fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster continues for hundreds of thousands of victims still denied fair compensation from a regulatory system in Japan that forces the public to pay for its disasters and allows the nuclear industry to evade its responsibilities, Greenpeace said.

A new Greenpeace International report, Fukushima Fallout, details how the serious flaws in nuclear regulations worldwide cause the clean up expenses to fall on the public, not nuclear p...

``Responding to Greenpeace``, Uniqlo Commits to Eliminate Toxic Fashion

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Tokyo- (PanOrient News) The biggest global fashion brand based in Asia, Uniqlo, and its parent company Fast Retailing Group, today committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire global supply chain and products by 2020, in response to Greenpeace’s global Detox campaign, Greenpeace said in a statement.

“Uniqlo recognises clean water as a critical global issue, and is proud to join Greenpeace in its campaign to eliminate hazardous chemical use,” said Yuki...

Official Radiation Monitoring Stations in Fukushima ``Unreliable``: Greenpeace

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Tokyo- (PanOrient News) Following new radioactive contamination checks in Fukushima City and the heavily contaminated Iitate last week, Greenpeace said it has found that official monitoring stations systematically underestimate the radiation risks for the population, and that the Government’s decontamination work remains patchy, misdirected, and insufficient, with evacuated areas receiving greater attention than heavily populated ones.

A press release by Greenpeace said more than 75% of the...

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