[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES, GLOBAl: "More drums dug up near Kadena [Okinzwa, Japan] schools amid pollution scare"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More drums dug up near Kadena schools amid pollution scare

By Travis J. Tritten and Chiyomi Sumida
Stars and Stripes
January 27, 2014

OKINAWA CITY, Okinawa - The Japan Ministry of Defense on Tuesday  
began unearthing at least 11 more containers from a soccer field  
adjacent to Kadena Air Base schools where 22 buried dioxin- and  
herbicide-tainted drums were discovered last summer.

The ministry will test to determine whether the additional drums also  
contain traces of pollutants.

Ministry officials also said they hope to confirm the origin of the  
herbicide of the original drums following public speculation that it  
could be proof of Agent Orange, an infamous Vietnam-era tactical  
defoliant the United States has repeatedly said was never present on  
Okinawa.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/okinawa/more-drums-dug-up-near- 
kadena-schools-amid-pollution-scare-1.264344

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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