2002 CPEO Military List Archive

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Date: 15 Nov 2002 16:07:28 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Radiation in former military bases in Clark, Subic at safe level
 
[Philippines]
Radiation in former military bases in Clark, Subic at safe level
Friday, November 15, 2002 0:12:53 a.m.

CLARK FIELD, Pampanga - A study conducted by the Philippine Nuclear
Research Institute (PNRI) recently in the Clark Special Economic Zone
and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) areas showed that
radiation levels in the two former US bases are lower and safer than
that in the entire country.

The study, called ?An Analysis of Radiation and Lead in Soils and
Vegetables at the Former Ammunition Dump Area in the Clark Special
Economic Zone,? was conducted in October to determine the radiation
levels in Clark and Subic, both former US military facilities.

The study was conducted at the old ammunition dump that was used by the
American forces during their occupancy of Clark until 1991. The
10-hectare area is now being used for agricultural purposes and is
planted with vegetables.

Plant and soil samples were taken from the study site to determine the
level of radiation. It revealed that no dangerous levels of radiation
were found in the area.

PNRI Senior Science Research Specialist Teofilo Garcia said results of
the study revealed that the radiation levels in Clark and Subic are much
lower than those studied in the rest of the country.

Garcia, however, stressed that their study only covers radiation levels
and not the much-vaunted toxic waste contamination in the former US
military bases.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/abs_news_body.asp?section=Provincial&OID=8617

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