2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 8 Feb 2006 21:12:14 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Contamination at bases being returned to S. Korea
 
Most U.S. bases contaminated: report
	
By Cho Chung-un
Korea Herald
February 9, 2006



Most of the U.S military bases to be returned to Korea's control are seriously contaminated with oil and lead, according to a report.

According to a government survey conducted last year, 14 of 15 tested bases recorded an average of four times the permissible level of metal pollutants in the soil, the Hankyoreh newspaper reported yesterday.

...

The government said it could not comment on the reliability of the report citing an agreement reached with the U.S. authorities.

...

For the entire article, see http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/02/09/200602090032.asp

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