​​Researchers on Potential Fukushima Nuclear Health Risks at 2020 Tokyo Olympics; Composting Company, First Encouraged By City of Chicago, Now Facing City Shutdown; Global Activism: NGO, Haiti Outreach, Transforms Communities through Clean Water

By Worldview Staff
In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, a worker walks past one of construction sites for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee.
In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, a worker walks past one of construction sites for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, a worker walks past one of construction sites for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee.
In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, a worker walks past one of construction sites for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo

​​Researchers on Potential Fukushima Nuclear Health Risks at 2020 Tokyo Olympics; Composting Company, First Encouraged By City of Chicago, Now Facing City Shutdown; Global Activism: NGO, Haiti Outreach, Transforms Communities through Clean Water

By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:

  • Tokyo is hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, but researchers worry that radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster could still be present.
  • After initial encouragement from the Chicago city government, a local composting company could now be shut down by the city’s Health Department​.
  • Haiti Outreach is an NGO whose mission is to work collaboratively with Haitians to enable access to a sustainable source of clean water.