[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Seoul, South Korea bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water and soil around U.S. bases polluted

Kang Kap-saeng
Joong Ang Daily (South Korea)
February 24, 2009
	
	

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Sunday that groundwater and 
soil contamination has been found on 16,036 square meters (172,610 
square feet) of land near four U.S. military bases in the city.

According to the city's environmental assessment of 12 U.S. military 
bases in the capital last year, the groundwater was contaminated on a 
11,776 square meter area around Noksapyeong subway station near Yongsan 
Garrison in Itaewon-dong. The city also found groundwater and soil was 
polluted on 2,200 square meters around Camp Gray in Daebang-dong and 591 
square meters around Camp Kim in Namyeong-dong. A total of 1,449 square 
meters of soil around the United Nations Command in Dongbinggo-dong was 
also affected.

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For the entire article, see
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2901429

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Lenny Siegel
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