Betsy Bayha of member station KQED reports on an emerging population in the environmental justice movement ? Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. From workplace hazards in the garment industry, to toxic fish, Bayha reports that Asian environmentalists are making the problems of their community known ? and working to change them.
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