Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

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Yasushi Morikawa, Iwakuni Fire Department assistant fire chief and student in the Hazardous Material Technicians Course, tests a chemical zone of toxic chemicals at the Iwakuni Fire Department here March 30. Students were helped into HazMat suits and had to perform practical application during the five week course. - Yasushi Morikawa, Iwakuni Fire Department assistant fire chief and student in the Hazardous Material Technicians Course, tests a chemical zone of toxic chemicals at the Iwakuni Fire Department here March 30. Students were helped into HazMat suits and had to perform practical application during the five week course.

HazMat: Dirty job someone's got to do it

On April 28, 1953, Hooker Chemical, a company involved with toxic waste sites in Love Canal, N.Y., sold polluted land to the Niagara Falls School Board knowing there was 21,000 tons of chemical waste buried in the ground. In 1962 residents of Love Canal reported puddles of oil or colored liquids in their backyards or basements. Later that year, the

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