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Japan 1998: Year of Poison
- To: dioxin-l@essential.org
- Subject: Japan 1998: Year of Poison
- From: Vergil Bushnell <vbushnell@essential.org>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:43:55 -0500 (EST)
- Delivered-To: dioxin-l@venice.essential.org
- Organization: Multinationals Resource Center
Every year, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation selects one Kanji
symbol (Japanese pictogram) that characterizes the previous
year.
The 1998 winner of the "Kanji of the Year" contest was "Doku," or poison,
referring to the dioxin scare that caused many Japanese to question the
safety of their heavy reliance on municipal waste incinerators.
In Solidarity,
Vergil
Vergil Bushnell
Multinationals Resource Center
email: vbushnell@essential.org
phone: 202.387.8030
address: PO Box 19405, Washington DC 20036