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I interviewed Thu Quach, a researcher at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, for Hyphen magazine. Quach has conducted several key studies on nail salon workers, a population that is made of mostly Vietnamese American women in some states such as California. It also happens to be a population that is continuously shifting as people [...]

I recently attended a Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, awards dinner in San Francisco. I, along with journalist Pauline Bartolone, received an award in the investigative (radio/audio non-daily) category for a 30-minute radio documentary we produced on toxic hazards in nail salons for Making Contact. It was my first radio piece, and I [...]

A radio segment on the toxic truth behind nail salons is now live. I made the segment, with the help of producer Pauline Bartelone, with Making Contact, a show that is a part of the National Radio Project. My segment focuses on the “greening” of nail salons; that is, more salons attempting to make workplaces [...]

I’m excited to let you know that I have an article in the current (Jan-Feb) issue of the Utne Reader. The title of the piece is “Ecofriendly Nail Salons: Color Me Nontoxic” and is an excerpt from the Hyphen article I’d previously blogged about. Check out the Utne issue if you have a chance. It’s [...]