[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES, GLOBAL: "No Agent Orange found at former U.S. base in Bucheon, " South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No Agent Orange found at former U.S. base in Bucheon

Korea Herald
Song Sang-ho
2011-08-04 19:33

A joint investigation team said Thursday that no traces of Agent  
Orange were found at a former U.S. base in Bucheon, Gyeonggi  
Province, where toxic chemicals were allegedly dumped in the 1960s,  
officials said Thursday.

The team comprised of civil, government and military officials  
reached the conclusion after analyzing soil samples they took from 14  
spots inside the base called Camp Mercer. An engineer unit under  
Korean Army’s Capital Corps currently uses the site.

"After the analysis in light of the 21 contamination criteria was  
carried out, there were no soil samples showing signs of  
contamination that exceed the minimum contamination level applied to  
defense and military facilities," Lee Sang-hoon, environment  
engineering professor at the Catholic University who has led the team.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110804000523

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