[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, HEALTH, GLOBAL: Leukemia near Camp Carroll (S. Korea)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[The contaminants of primary concern at Camp Carroll may turn out to  
be chlorinated solvents, not Agent Orange. - LS]

Leukemia Strikes Near Contaminated U.S. Base

Chosunilbo (South Korea)
August 17, 2011
Two teenagers who live near a U.S. military base in Korea are  
suffering from leukemia and two other locals died of the disease in  
their 20s about 10 years ago, a member of a civilian fact-finding  
team said on Tuesday.

Some U.S. veterans recently revealed that the U.S. Forces Korea base  
of Camp Carroll in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province was one of the  
sites used as a dump for hazardous and toxic materials, including the  
lethal defoliant Agent Orange between 1977 and 1982.

The government plans to investigate whether contaminated groundwater  
from the camp caused the disease.

A member of the team who conducted health tests on residents near  
Camp Carroll said, "The groundwater that locals have long been  
drinking is contaminated with leukemia-causing chemicals such as  
tetrachloroethylene [also known as perchloroethene or PCE] and  
trichloroethylene or TCE. We need to investigate if they contracted  
leukemia due to the chemicals from the U.S. base."

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For the entire article, see
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/ 
2011/08/17/2011081701175.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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