[CPEO-MEF] Contamination at bases being returned to S. Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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Lenny Siegel
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