[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Report on U.S. bases in South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

South Korea Group Issues Report on Environmental Damage on US Army Bases

Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap

[Yonhap headline: "Report on Environmental Damage by USFK Issued"]

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) - A report on environmental damage found over 
the past 10 years inside US military bases in South Korea was issued by 
civic organizations on Wednesday [16 July], with land contamination from 
oil being the most serious problem.

The Comprehensive Report on Environmental Damages in US Bases in Korea, 
the first of its kind, was released amid the US move to return tens of 
bases to South Korea as it aims relocate frontline US troops to a city 
south of Seoul by 2013.

The return of the land, however, sparked controversy over the 
environment, as many bases were seriously polluted by oil and toxic 
chemicals from their decades-long use, and decontamination is expected 
to be extremely costly and time-consuming.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1480528/south_korea_group_issues_report_on_environmental_damage_on_us/

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