[CPEO-MEF] PTFBC wants Clark AFB (Philippines) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NGO: Ignoring bases toxic waste issue is trade risk


By Tonette Orejas
Philippine Daily Inquirer
February 8, 2006

CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE—A nongovernment organization demanding the 
cleanup of former US military bases in the Philippines on Monday warned 
a top Clark Development Corp. official not to turn a blind eye on the 
toxic waste problem, saying this was risky to the redevelopment of Clark 
as an ecozone.

The People’s Task Force for Bases Clean-up raised concerns after CDC 
president and chief executive officer Antonio Ng called the toxic waste 
problem a “non-issue.” Ng made the statement during a recent meeting 
with Inquirer correspondents in Northern and Central Luzon.

Myrla Baldonado, PTFBC executive director, said the “non-recognition of 
the problem will lead to further exposure of the immediate inhabitants 
of the base, including him and his family (in case they live there), to 
toxic and hazardous wastes that are released as sites that are 
identified and are potentially contaminated are excavated to give way to 
infrastructures.”

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For the entire article, see
http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=65439

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Lenny Siegel
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