[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: South Korea draft Environmental Assessment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemicals in US base poisoned groundwater

By Lee Tae-hoon
Korea Times
June 28, 2011

An opposition lawmaker Tuesday disclosed a 2011 U.S. environment  
assessment draft report that documents water contamination caused by  
chemical disposal at Camp Carroll in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province.

According to the draft obtained by Rep. Hong Hee-deok of the minority  
opposition Democratic Labor Party, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  
Far East District (FED) identified a leak of toxic chemicals into  
water at the U.S. logistics base in 2004.

"The size of the waste buried cell was approximately 25 meters long,  
14 meters wide and 6 meters deep." the report said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/06/116_89776.html

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